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The American Trail

13 episodes · 1953 · Syndicated · Historical

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A 1953 dramatized history of the United States, from the Constitution and the Northwest Ordinance through Lewis and Clark, the gold rush, the telegraph and the airplane. RadioGOLDINdex notes it may have started on NBC, but stations ran the VFW-syndicated transcriptions on their own dates.

Sources: RadioGOLDINdex

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1953

• Dispatch to New York February 6, 1953 · Syndicated · 15 min
  Reporter Tom Farrell, a made-up character, covers the adoption of the Constitution.
• The Northwest Ordinance February 13, 1953 · Syndicated · 14 min
  Kit Bradley, an Indian scout on the Ohio frontier, fights for self-government against a tyrannical governor.
• The Louisiana Purchase February 20, 1953 · Syndicated · 15 min
• The Lewis and Clark Expedition February 27, 1953 · Syndicated · 14 min
• Samuel Slater's Machine March 6, 1953 · Syndicated · 15 min
  Samuel Slater brings British cotton-mill know-how to America and starts its Industrial Revolution.
• The Golden Ocean March 13, 1953 · Syndicated · 15 min
• The Magic Wire March 20, 1953 · Syndicated · 15 min
• On to Monterey March 27, 1953 · Syndicated · 15 min
• The California Goldrush April 3, 1953 · Syndicated · 14 min
• The Rich Desert April 10, 1953 · Syndicated · 14 min
• The New South April 17, 1953 · Syndicated · 15 min
• The Blue Yonder April 24, 1953 · Syndicated · 14 min
• The Brave Flag May 1, 1953 · Syndicated · 15 min
  The last show of the series, closing with a recording of President Eisenhower.