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Great American Railroad Journeys - Season 2 Episode 19 Mattoon, Illinois to Columbus, Kentucky

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Armed with his 19th-century Appleton's Guide, Michael Portillo continues his 1,000-mile journey, beginning and ending on the Mississippi River from Minnesota to Tennessee. Riding the mainline of mid-America, Michael stops at rural Mattoon, where he gets a taste of the tough early life which shaped President Abraham Lincoln. Wiping the sweat from his brow, Michael struggles to split one rail compared with Lincoln's estimated 700 a day. Basket in hand, Michael joins the Schwartz family apple harvest in Centralia and learns how to make apple butter. He uncovers industrial unrest in the coal mines of Carbondale then heads to Kentucky and the banks of the Mississippi, where a bloody conflict unfolded which proved decisive in victory for Lincoln's Union.

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First Air Date: Feb 01, 2016

Last Air date: Mar 28, 2020

Season: 4 Season

Episode: 75 Episode

Runtime: 29 minutes

IMDb: 9.00/10 by 1.00 users

Popularity: 4.748

Language: English

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