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After the Civil War, Americans set outwith renewed energy to unite the East and West,...
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[Train whistle blowing] Narrator: After the Civil War, Americans set out
with renewed energy to unite the East and West, building railroads
to span the continent, opening up vast areas beyond the
Missouri River for homesteaders, creating easier access
to distant metropolitan markets for crops and cattle, and servicing
the demands of boom towns that had sprung up
after gold discoveries in the mountains
of Colorado and Montana
with renewed energy to unite the East and West, building railroads
to span the continent, opening up vast areas beyond the
Missouri River for homesteaders, creating easier access
to distant metropolitan markets for crops and cattle, and servicing
the demands of boom towns that had sprung up
after gold discoveries in the mountains
of Colorado and Montana
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[Train whistle blowing]
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Narrator: After the Civil War,
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Americans set out
with renewed energy
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to unite the East and West,
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building railroads
to span the continent,
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opening up vast areas beyond the
Missouri River for homesteaders,
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creating easier access
to distant metropolitan markets
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for crops and cattle,
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and servicing
the demands of boom towns
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that had sprung up
after gold discoveries
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in the mountains
of Colorado and Montana.
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Movie Summary
A journey through more than 10,000 years of North American history and across some of the continent's most iconic landscapes, tracing the mammal's evolution.
