It may sound like a laughing matter, but it was not.  A 25 foot tall wall of molasses was moving through the streets of Boston at 35 miles per hour.  We go to Commercial Street were the tragedy unfolded and explore the changes in our world as a result. 

It may sound like a laughing matter, but it was not.&nbsp; A 25 foot tall wall of molasses was moving through the streets of Boston at 35 miles per hour.&nbsp; We go to Commercial Street were the tragedy unfolded and explore the changes in our world as a result.&nbsp;

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.

American Countryside

The Great Molasses Flood of 1919

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...

South Pass City

It was called the Mountain Man Rendezvous and it was held for sixteen years, mostly in the present state of Wyoming.  The gathering of trappers, Native Americans, supply trains from the east and others made for quite a gathering each summer...

It was called the Mountain Man Rendezvous and it was held for sixteen years, mostly in the present state of Wyoming.  The gathering of trappers, Native Americans, supply trains from the east and others made for quite a gathering each summer...

The Mountain Man Rendezvous

In 1869 Wyoming territory gave women the right to vote and to hold public office.  Just a few months after the legislation passed, the state had it’s first women office holder and her story is one honored in the U.S. Capitol...

In 1869 Wyoming territory gave women the right to vote and to hold public office.  Just a few months after the legislation passed, the state had it’s first women office holder and her story is one honored in the U.S. Capitol...

The Great Molasses Flood of 1919

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