Great American Railroad Journeys

Season 2 Episode 6: Dodge City to Lamar, Colorado

Michael Portillo's first stop aboard the Southwest Chief is Dodge City, Kansas, a famous frontier town of the Old West, where he visits the notorious Long Branch Saloon, scene of many shoot-outs. He finds the Dodge City Cowboy Band performing at the city depot and breaks bread with a descendant of a railroad land agent who sold thousands of acres of land to 19th-century European settlers. Near Lamar, Colorado, Michael visits the scene of a terrible massacre of American Indians, who found themselves in the way of white settlement of the Great Plains.

Genre:

Documentary

Seasons:

4

Episodes:

75

Cast:

Michael Portillo

Quality:

HD

Duration:

29 min

First Air:

2016

Rating:

8.3