On this episode of Our American Stories, Chris Graham of the American Civil War Museum in Richmond, Virginia tells the story of one of their objects on display with an extraordinary story we're just now finding out. Jim Hinckley tells the story of Route 66 starting from its inception to what it has become today. Visit JimHinckleysAmerica.com for more on Route 66. Pete Coors tells the story of Coors Banquet as an icon in the beer industry and how its conception began with a German immigrant, Adolph Coors, living in a Colorado mining town. As part of our rule of law series, P.J. Hill, rancher and co-author of “The Not So Wild, Wild West: Property Rights on the Frontier,” explains the misunderstanding behind the American West.
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Time Codes:
00:00 - An Ordinary Cloth With An Extraordinary Story
10:00 - Route 66: The Most Famous Highway In The World
23:00 - The German Immigrant Who Gave Us Banquet Beer
35:00 - “The NOT So Wild, Wild West”
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