American Traditions

Academy Award winning actress Loretta Young narrates this hour-long film about life and times along the banks of today's Mississippi River.

Author and Route 66 Road Warrior Michael Wallis takes us on an exciting and informative journey down America's Main Street, the Mother Road, one of the best known highways in the world, a real American Tradition.

Actor Adam West relates the fascinating story of the building of America's first transcontinental railroad, documenting how the Central Pacific and Union Pacific track crews battled weather, mountains, deserts and hostile Indians to link the nation with twin rails of steel.

Academy Award winning actress Loretta Young narrates this hour-long film about one of the most famous races in early American history, the Great Steamboat Race between the Natchez and the Robert E. Lee as they steam up the Mississippi River from New Orleans and St. Louis in 1870.

In 1804 all the land west of the Mississippi River was a large, undiscovered wilderness. President Thomas Jefferson ordered two army officers to lead an expedition into the unknown territory to find out what was there. When the Lewis and Clark Expedition ended several years later America would never be the same again.

Texas' poet laureate Red Steagall narrates this informative documentary about America's Great Migration west in the early 1800s, when hundreds of ordinary Americans left everything they owned behind to trudge thousands of miles across the Great American Desert toward new lives in the west.

Texas' poet laureate Red Steagall narrates this exciting documentary about a daring group of young pony express riders who, for twenty-five dollars a week, vowed to carry the mail from Missouri to California at the speed of a racing horse.

Trolley cars used to be the most efficient and popular way to get around America's bustling cities, a real American Tradition. Although they are mostly a thing of the past now, there are a few places where you can experience a taste of our glorious history. Though rare historic footage and tours of several trolley museums you'll be surprised how important trolleys were to building America.