Thomas Durant was actually the Real Vice President of the Union Pacific. The Union Pacific became eventually almost completely dependent on Subsidies, which meant that they had to be extremely persuasive in how they got their subsidies. They were paid for the railroad work by the miles of track laid down. They were more concerned with speed than efficiency and Durant himself asked for them to use wood where they could instead of Masonry. The only reason that the leaders of the Central Pacific did not go to jail and have as many scandals is because they “accidentally “ lost a lot of paperwork. A lot of interesting scandals , Native hostiles , and badly built railroad, and terrible conditions while trying to feed thousands of men hundreds of miles from the nearest town. The real overlooked hero is James J. Hill who built his railroad without subsidies. I’m actually reading about this all right now in a book I picked up called the myth of the Robber Barons.

@BREAKocean

2 жыл бұрын

any more discoveries since you finished?

@i_am_thebatman

2 жыл бұрын

@@BREAKocean the first legally recognized slave owner was a Black man

@BREAKocean

2 жыл бұрын

@@i_am_thebatman no way! Did you know about THomas sowell the economist? he was talking about how Slaves were sold by Black people in Africa and they owned many slaves. I can't remember if the amount was equal to, lesser or greater than the white Americans but the left wing would find that offensive just for bringing that up.

@pizzafrenzyman

Жыл бұрын

@@i_am_thebatman Slavery has been around far longer than the African-to-North America slave trade. Maybe as far back as Neanderthals co-existing with Homo Sapiens. It is a difficult position to say the first slave owner was of any particular skin color, and in North America, the first slave owners were Native Americans enslaving rival tribesmen and women long before Europeans "discovered" the continent.

@pizzafrenzyman

Жыл бұрын

@@clinton5330 Are you 12 years old, or are you the worst troll ever? At least read the comment before trying to trigger a response. You basically reaffirmed everything I stated.

It is hard to believe that even till this day,Congress still operating the same way

@DX2069

2 жыл бұрын

America was built from the beginning to operate this way back then and now and I agree it sucks

@christophera556

Жыл бұрын

Yep the US was built off the corrupt deals between politicians and businessmen back in the old days and still operates that way today just ask any of the crooked people that worked in the Bush administration or any other former administration.

@vrcmf3172

Жыл бұрын

@@DX2069 you should see Europe. 100X worst

@martyboy5602

Жыл бұрын

Bribe is such a dirty word...let's call it a Political Action Committee donation...

@christophera556

Жыл бұрын

@marty boy let's stop avoiding the reality of the US government/business relationship it is basically based on dirty money and things have got worse and worse over the decades especially when Ronald Reagan back in the eighties dismantled the regulatory system that was originally put in place by the US wartime President Franklin delenore Roosevelt to keep a check on the worst US corruption once Reagan dismantled the checks and balances things really got worse very quickly that is why there was a correction of the stock market in 1987 and a bit over twenty years later a financial crisis in 2008 enough is enough these corporate crooks need to be prosecuted will it happen well I ain't going to hold my breath.

hes an outstanding actor

Yeah! Chief O'Brian!

@CaptainBardiel

Жыл бұрын

And Captain Pike

I like all the characters in this show, I even liked the cavalryman that the priest beheaded.

@mertzie31

Жыл бұрын

Antietam it is then

@CanUHearMeNow

Жыл бұрын

@@mertzie31 Sharpsburg. Hey do you know the battle at Antietam is the bloodiest day in American History 23000 men laid dying thanks to a new type of gun.

@SStupendous

6 ай бұрын

@@CanUHearMeNow A "new type of gun" that was around for decades before and disappeared from warfare a few years after the war?

@skepsisrollins1711

3 ай бұрын

@@SStupendous sorry, what exactly are you two talking about? there wasn't any new weaponry used at antietam right?

Twadle and shite I say

Great example of the ‘closed door’ method.

My favorite thing is that Durant probably would have honored the fair deal but after the dude tried to play him, Doc showed him his ace up his sleeve and then himself took advantage

I like these characters

A really well done show. It really shows the excitement and opportunity people must have felt at all levels of society when the west was expanding. The end of the Indian Nations and a great (if horrible) social upheaval.

Colm Meany was superb in this role. Could say his role as Don Rieve in "The Damned United" was an audition for this...

Durant is good to lily cuz she only knows where the survey charts when he got them he treated lily like trash

That my friend, is true progress

Great movie really miss it… Bohanan and Durant in Asia!!??

Canada/liberal/snc lava

Donald Trump is a Thomas Durant.

@dalemoss4684

2 жыл бұрын

I always saw shades of Trump in Durant.

@TheLAGopher

Жыл бұрын

Durant actually seemed to be an intelligent guy. Trump is all show and no planning.

@insight1428

Жыл бұрын

Durant had way more class than Trump and is way more eloquently spoken.

@bigchief70

Жыл бұрын

@@insight1428 Durant was a convicted criminal and a (never convicted) murderer, he had more class than Trump how?

@JOHNSmith-pn6fj

Жыл бұрын

Yes he is.

Doc really was a snake in the grass.