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American Experience
Season 15 · Episode 3
Chicago: City of the Century (1): Mudhole to Metropolis
0.055mJanuary 13, 2003
A three-part history based on historian Donald L. Miller's book "City of the Century: The Epic of Chicago and the Making of America." Part 1 begins with the arrival of French explorers Marquette and Joliet in 1673, and follows the digging of canals, and the arrival of railroads and industry. It ends with the Great Fire of 1871, which interrupted the city's explosive 19th-century growth only momentarily.
Episodes
- Episode 1Jimmy Carter (1): Jimmy Who?
- Episode 2Jimmy Carter (2): Hostage
- Episode 3Chicago: City of the Century (1): Mudhole to Metropolis
- Episode 4Chicago: City of the Century (2): The Revolution Has Begun
- Episode 5Chicago: City of the Century (3): Battle for Chicago
- Episode 6The Murder of Emmett Till
- Episode 7Transcontinental Railroad
- Episode 8Partners of the Heart