William “Boss Tweed” controls Democratic politics in New York City in the Gilded Age.
The Great Chicago Fire devastates the “Queen of the West.”
From a fierce in-state rivalry emerges America’s most iconic sport.
Two railroads, Union Pacific and Central Pacific, connect East and West.
Texans drive Longhorns up the Chisholm Trail.
In the midst of the Civil War, President Lincoln signs an act that will shape American settlement in the West for the next century.