Kevin Costner
Self - Host
TV SERIES
Kevin Costner's The West
Documentary
This fresh look at the epic history of the American West delves into the desperate struggle for the land itself – and how it still shapes the America we know today.
Top cast
CJ
Clay Jenkinson
Self - Author, The Character of Meriwether Lewis
Yohuru Williams
Self - Professor of History: University of St. Thomas
Doris Kearns Goodwin
Self - Pulitzer Prize-Winning Presidential Historian
H.W. Brands
Self - Author, Dreams of El Dorado: A History of the American West
EW
Elliott West
Self - Author, Continental Reckoning
Creative team
Austin Peters (Director)
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Episodes
8 Episodes
011. Fallen Timbers
Following years of land encroachments by American settlers, Chief Little Turtle of the Miami leads the Indian Nations of the Northwest Confederacy to a major victory over the fledgling U.S. Army. But a new force under General "Mad" Anthony Wayne embarks on a counteroffensive, leading to a final battle that will see the Confederacy defeated - and open a new era of westward expansion.
022. Colter's Run
After building his reputation as a formidable hunter on Lewis and Clark's Expedition into the newly acquired Louisiana Territory, John Colter chooses to stay out in the wilderness and enter the booming fur trade. But when he repeatedly ignores warnings from the Blackfeet not to hunt their sacred beaver on their lands, he's taken captive and forced to make a run for his life.
033. Oregon Trails
Missionaries Marcus and Narcissa Whitman settle by the Columbia River to convert the Cayuse. Cultural clashes and a measles outbreak increase tensions, leading to a fateful confrontation.
044. Comancheria
The abduction of nine-year-old Cynthia Ann Parker kicks off a series of increasingly deadly confrontations between her Comanche captors and the newly independent Texas.
055. The Robin Hood of El Dorado
In Gold Rush California, Mexican immigrant Joaquin Murrieta forms a gang of outlaws that spreads terror across the newly formed state.
066. Bleeding Kansas
When Kansas becomes a battleground in the national debate over slavery, settlers on both sides of the issue pour into the territory to determine its future.
077. The Fetterman Fight
Civil War veteran Col. Henry Carrington takes command of Fort Phil Kearny in Northern Wyoming.
088. Johnson County Wars
A cabal of cattle barons smear small-time ranchers as common thieves and plot an invasion.