Watch Backroads

  • 2016
  • 1 Season

The United States of America is famous for its huge and endless highways, symbols of the American Dream. In this series, these routes are the stars. In each location, we encounter the folk who live along these country roads -locals with strong bonds to their town, and who are a part of its history. These are the descendants of the pioneers who keep the American Dream alive.

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Backroads - The Oregon Trail To The North West
2. Backroads - The Oregon Trail To The North West
November 15, 2016
From the mid -nineteenth century, more than 400,000 men and women in search of a better future have traveled the Oregon Trail. Become more feasible over time, it served as a route to the famous site of the railway linking East and West.
Backroads - The Mohawk Trail Across New England
1. Backroads - The Mohawk Trail Across New England
October 11, 2016
Take this track, opened by former Mohawks Indians Iroquois Confederacy trade route is traveling across Middle America from Boston to Buffalo. Paved in 1914, the first scenic highway in the United States has an impressive slope and sometimes a giant hairpin turn made €‹€‹history.
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The United States of America is famous for its huge and endless highways, symbols of the American Dream. In this series, these routes are the stars. In each location, we encounter the folk who live along these country roads -locals with strong bonds to their town, and who are a part of its history. These are the descendants of the pioneers who keep the American Dream alive.

  • Premiere Date
    October 11, 2016