How Gary, Indiana Became America's STEEL Capital | Rise of Gary (Part 1)

In 1906, U.S. Steel built an entire city from sand dunes on Lake Michigan — and turned it into the greatest steelmaking machine on earth. This is the rise of Gary, Indiana: the City of the Century, the furnace of America, and the hometown of Michael Jackson. CHAPTERS: 0:00 Cold Open 0:34 The Billion-Dollar Gamble (1906) 1:29 The Company Town 2:28 The Furnace 3:21 The People 4:19 City of the Century 5:06 Blood on the Picket Line 6:01 The Arsenal Years 6:55 The Peak 7:56 Sound of the City 8:42 Cracks in the Steel 9:38 The Edge of the Fall Part 2 — The Fall of Gary — is coming next. Subscribe so you don't miss it. #garyindiana #rustbelt #americanhistory