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Michael Portillo crosses the Atlantic to ride the railroads of America.

Michael Portillo crosses the Atlantic to ride the railroads of America, armed with Appleton's General Guide to the United States, published in 1879.

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Great American Railroad Journeys: Series 2

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Great American Railroad Journeys: Series 2: Episode 6: Dodge City to Lamar, Colorado

Canon City, Colorado, to Colorado Springs

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Episode 6: Dodge City to Lamar, Colorado

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Dodge City to Lamar, Colorado

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Michael Portillo visits a notorious saloon in the former frontier town of Dodge City.

Michael Portillo's first stop is Dodge City, Kansas, a frontier town of the Old West, where he visits a saloon that was the scene of many shoot-outs.

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.

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