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The Future of America's Past
Lines in the Sand
Season 1
Episode 3
Texas has long been a place of contentious borders and cross-cultural exchange. Six national flags have flown over Texas since the 1500s, starting with European contests for the land that followed 10,000 years of Native American history there. From Spanish missions, to a French shipwreck, to a former sugarcane plantation, we visit to ask: How did Texas become Texas?
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In 1869, a golden spike marked the completion of the first transcontinental railroad.
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Long-simmering tensions between white and black residents in Chicago erupted in violence.
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After the attack on Pearl Harbor, 110,000 Japanese-American citizens were arrested.
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In 1911, a factory in New York City burst into flames and 146 workers perished.
