Transcontinental Railroad | Hell on Wheels | 3
In early 1866, Central Pacific workers were stalled in California, facing the monumental task of blasting 15 tunnels through solid granite in the Sierra Nevada mountains. Thousands of Chinese laborers...
27 Nov 202438min
Transcontinental Railroad | Dancing with a Whirlwind | 2
In the summer of 1863, an unscrupulous businessman named Thomas Durant gained control of the Union Pacific Railroad, the company chartered by Congress to build the transcontinental railroad westward f...
20 Nov 202440min
History Daily: Introducing Mickey Mouse
November 18, 1928. Mickey Mouse makes his big screen debut in Walt Disney’s Steamboat Willie.You can listen ad-free in the Wondery or Amazon Music app. Or for all that and more, go to IntoHistory.com....
18 Nov 202414min
Transcontinental Railroad | Work of Giants | 1
In October 1860, railroad engineer Theodore Judah looked out across California’s Sierra Nevada range, dreaming of a railroad that would connect the United States from coast to coast. It was the start ...
13 Nov 202440min
Jamestown | Chief Opechancanough | 5
Many people are familiar with Powhatan, the Paramount Chief who ruled over a vast network of more than 30 tribes in the Chesapeake region when the English arrived in 1607. But it was Powhatan’s brothe...
6 Nov 202440min
Jamestown | The Great Reforms | 4
In April 1613, years of bloody warfare culminated in the kidnapping of the paramount chief Powhatan’s daughter Pocahontas. The English colonists in Jamestown offered to return her in exchange for stol...
30 Okt 202439min
Jamestown | The Starving Time | 3
In the summer of 1609, a hurricane struck a large English fleet bound for Virginia on a rescue mission. Some of the battered survivors safely landed in Jamestown, but the flagship Sea Venture and the ...
23 Okt 202438min
Jamestown | A Hell of Darkness | 2
In January 1608, fire blazed through the English settlement in Jamestown, Virginia. Nearly every building was reduced to ash. The destruction meant that the colonists would have to brave the winter wi...
16 Okt 202440min
