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14 Episodes 2016 - 2016
Episode 1
Sun, Mar 29, 2026
1607 - Jamestown, England's First Successful American Colony 1713 - Captain Andrew Robinson Designs and Constructs a Schooner 1732 - America Initiates Road Infrastructure 1750 - German Entrepreneurs Invent the Conestoga Wagon and Flatboat 1750 - America Establishes Industrial Base, Paving the Way to Independence 1777 - Mary Katherine Goddard Publishes the Declaration of Independence 1789 - Alexander Hamilton Shapes America's Modern Industrial Economy.
Episode 2
Sun, Mar 29, 2026
1790 - Samuel Slater, Father of the American Industrial Revolution 1794 - Eli Whitney Patents the Cotton Gin 1807 - Robert Fulton Awakens the World to the Steamboat 1808 - John Jacob Astor Founds the American Fur Company 1823 - Chinese Entrepreneur Hung Tai Introduces Sugar Mills to Hawaii 1825 - Erie Canal is Completed.
Episode 3
Sun, Mar 29, 2026
1831 - Cyrus McCormick Operates His Mechanical Reaper 1834 - The Refrigerator: An American Entrepreneurial Story 1836 - Samuel Colt Patents Five Shot Revolver 1837 - John Deere Invents the First Self-scouring Steel Plow 1844 - Samuel F. B. Morse Demonstrates the Telegraph 1850 - Expressmen: Butterfield, Wells and Fargo.
Episode 4
Sun, Mar 29, 2026
1851 - Isaac Singer Markets His Sewing Machine 1857 - Gail Borden's Condensed Milk 1869 - Completion of the Transcontinental Railroad 1870 - Rockefeller Incorporates Standard Oil Co. of Ohio 1872 - Aaron Montgomery Ward Starts Catalog Business.
Episode 5
Sun, Mar 29, 2026
1872 - Andrew Carnegie, Father of the American Steel Industry 1873 - Levi Strauss Patents Blue Jeans 1876 - Henry Heinz and the Rise of Product Branding 1876 - Alexander Graham Bell Demonstrates the Telephone 1880 - George Eastman Patents Kodak Roll Film 1888 - Lue Gim Gong, Father of the Florida Citrus Industry.
Episode 6
Sun, Mar 29, 2026
1889 - Thomas Edison Establishes General Electric 1893 - Nikola Tesla and George Westinghouse Electrify the World 1893 - Railroad Magnates Connect the U.S. 1902 - Willis Carrier Invents Modern Air Conditioning 1903 - Wright Brothers Fly at Kitty Hawk.
Episode 7
Sun, Mar 29, 2026
1908 - Ford Introduces the Model T , 1917 - Boeing, Beech, Cessna and Stearman , 1919 - Adolph Zukor and Louis B. Mayer Form Hollywood, 1924 - George Washington Carver, Renaissance Man, 1925 - Caterpillar Inc. Makes Its Debut in California.
Episode 8
Sun, Mar 29, 2026
1926 - Goddard Initiates the Space Age 1927 - Juan Trippe's Pan Am Takes U.S. Aviation International 1938 - Chester Floyd Carlson Invents the Photocopy Machine 1947 - David Sarnoff, Father of American T.V. 1952 - Bill Daniels Pioneers American Cable Television 1955 - The McDonald Brothers and Ray Kroc.
Episode 9
Sun, Mar 29, 2026
1955 - Disneyland, Destination Theme Park 1961 -Emilio Azcárraga Brings Hispanic Television to the U.S. 1962 - Sam Walton Founds Walmart 1963 - Mary Kay Ash Launches Mary Kay Cosmetics 1964 - Thomas J. Watson Jr. Announces IBM's 360 Mainframe Computer.
Episode 10
Sun, Mar 29, 2026
1967 - Warren Buffett, the Oracle of Omaha 1969 - J. C. R. Licklider Brings the Internet into Existence 1971 - Nike, Founded by Bill Bowerman and Philip Knight 1972 - Allan Alcorn Initiates the Video Game Industry 1973 - Frederick Smith Begins Operating FedEx.
Episode 11
Sun, Mar 29, 2026
Program 11 sees the next wave of entrepreneurship, creating an endless supply of new jobs and information sectors in the American economy.
Episode 12
Sun, Mar 29, 2026
1987 - Howard Schultz Acquires Starbucks 1991 - Robert L. Johnson Goes Public with Black Entertainment Network 1991 - John Sie, Founder of Movie Channels Encore and Starz 1994 - Jerry Yang Co-founds Yahoo. 1995 - Jeff Bezos Opens Amazon for Business 1997 - Pierre Omidyar Changes His Company's Name to eBay.
Episode 13
Sun, Mar 29, 2026
America becomes the unparalleled leader of the information age in Program 13.
Episode 14
Sun, Mar 29, 2026
2005 - YouTube's Video Sharing Democratizes Traditional Media 2008 - Elon Musk Takes Over Tesla Motors 2013 - Netflix's Reed Hastings Produces House of Cards 2015 - Jack Dorsey is Renamed CEO of Twitter 2015 - Economic Disruptors: Wikipedia and Craigslist.