
How The States Got Their Shapes
The Great Plains, Trains, & Automobiles
History · May 10, 2011 · 41 min HISTORY Vault
Available on Prime Video, HISTORY Vault, Sling TV
S1, E2: The history of transportation hidden in the lines of the map. From canals to trains and cars, how getting around helped draw the American map. Why Chicago could have been in Wisconsin; why states out West or so big and boxy; and why we almost had a state called Forgottonia.
History · May 10, 2011 · 41 min