Michael Portillo begins his journey on the Southwest Chief in Dodge City, Kansas, a legendary frontier town from the Old West, where he explores the infamous Long Branch Saloon, known for its numerous shoot-outs. He enjoys a performance by the Dodge City Cowboy Band at the city depot and shares a meal with a descendant of a railroad land agent who sold vast tracts of land to European settlers in the 19th century. Continuing on to Lamar, Colorado, Michael reflects on a tragic massacre of American Indians who were caught in the path of white expansion across the Great Plains.
Show
Great American Railroad Journeys
Episode
S02E06
Air Date
Jan 30, 2017
Season 2 Episodes
S02E01
St Louis, Missouri
S02E02
St Louis to Jefferson City, Missouri
S02E03
Sedalia to Kansas City, Missouri
S02E04
Kansas City to St Joseph, Missouri
S02E05
Lawrence to Topeka, Kansas
S02E06
Dodge City to Lamar, Colorado
S02E07
La Junta, Colorado, to Pueblo, New Mexico
S02E08
Canon City, Colorado, to Colorado Springs
S02E10
Albuquerque, New Mexico, to the Grand Canyon, Arizona