TV Show Details
Air Date:April 26th, 2015
Last Air Date:May 31st, 2015
Network:Smithsonian Channel
Status:Ended
Genres:Documentary
Original Language:English
Boomtowners on the Web:Official Website
Boomtowners (2015)
Smithsonian Channel
Documentary
Plot
"Boomtowners" plunges into a modern-day "gold rush" that's attracting thousands of people from all over the country to the Bakken, a region of North Dakota. An oil boom has turned the area into the epicenter of a white-hot industrial revolution, but a rise in jobs has also led to a surge in population and living costs. Experience this phenomenon first-hand through the eyes of newcomers and longtime residents trying to make a living there in this groundbreaking new docu-series about tapping into the American dream.