The Grandest Enterprise Under God (1868-1874) The West : Season 1 Episode 5
PBS 1h 00m
Aired: September 19th, 1996 @ 7:00 PM EST on PBS
A triumph of the human spirit, the transcontinental railroad opens a new era in the West, carrying homesteaders onto the prairies, bringing cowboys up the cattle trail from Texas, helping give women the vote in Utah and sending buffalo hunters onto the plains, where they drive a symbol of the West -- and a way of life -- to the brink of extinction.
