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Great American Railroad Journeys: 2x3
Sedalia to Kansas City, Missouri
Following in the footsteps of European settlers, Michael Portillo rolls westwards across the United States. With true frontier spirit, he discovers the hidden pleasures of 19th-century railroad workers in Sedalia, known as the Sodom and Gomorrah of the West, and discovers the birthplace of ragtime and its most famous composer, Scott Joplin.
Aboard a horse-drawn wagon in Independence, Michael confronts the brutal hardships faced by early pioneers on the wagon trail and discovers a living history museum town where the clock stopped in 1855. He ends this leg in the rail hub of Kansas City, Missouri, where freight trains can be a mile long.
2 - 1St Louis, Missouri Jan. 23, 2017
2 - 2St Louis to Jefferson City, Missouri Jan. 24, 2017
2 - 3Sedalia to Kansas City, Missouri Jan. 25, 2017
2 - 4Kansas City to St Joseph, Missouri Jan. 26, 2017
2 - 5Lawrence to Topeka, Kansas Jan. 27, 2017
2 - 6Dodge City to Lamar, Colorado Jan. 30, 2017
2 - 7La Junta, Colorado, to Pueblo, New Mexico Jan. 31, 2017
2 - 8Canon City, Colorado, to Colorado Springs Feb. 01, 2017
2 - 10Albuquerque, New Mexico, to the Grand Canyon, Arizona Feb. 03, 2017