The Oregon Trail crossed the Continental Divide at South Pass in Wyoming.  Just west of that pass you’ll find a handful of buildings that are all that remains of a boomtown of over 2000 people called South Pass City...

The Oregon Trail crossed the Continental Divide at South Pass in Wyoming.  Just west of that pass you’ll find a handful of buildings that are all that remains of a boomtown of over 2000 people called South Pass City...

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American Countryside

Telling the stories behind the people, places and events from across the American countryside.

Telling the stories behind the people, places and events from across the American countryside.

American Countryside - An Amazing Journey

Andrew McCrea travels coast-to-coast to meet people you may have never heard of, with a story you'll never forget.  Hear from the people and places that have played important parts of our past and present.

Andrew McCrea travels coast-to-coast to meet people you may have never heard of, with a story you'll never forget.&nbsp; Hear from the people and places that have played important parts of our past and present.

South Pass City

World class sprinters can complete the 100 meters in under 10 seconds.  In this sport, you are world class at just 8 seconds – and it’s those eight seconds for which a movie was made about one of the greatest to ever compete...

World class sprinters can complete the 100 meters in under 10 seconds.  In this sport, you are world class at just 8 seconds – and it’s those eight seconds for which a movie was made about one of the greatest to ever compete...

Riding 8 Seconds

It’s billed as the “Daddy of Them All” and that it is – a rodeo so big and so grand that others have worked to emulate it.  It is a place that every cowboy hopes to compete and win on one of the biggest stages...

It’s billed as the “Daddy of Them All” and that it is – a rodeo so big and so grand that others have worked to emulate it.  It is a place that every cowboy hopes to compete and win on one of the biggest stages...

The Daddy of Them All

The railroad was looking for ways to entice people to ride the rails for one day excursions to see unique events.  But what was there to do in Cheyenne, Wyoming?  Perhaps some people thought, nothing, until a chance event took place near the depot...

The railroad was looking for ways to entice people to ride the rails for one day excursions to see unique events.  But what was there to do in Cheyenne, Wyoming?  Perhaps some people thought, nothing, until a chance event took place near the depot...

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