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In northern Wyoming's Powder River Valley, a group of ranchers band together to protect their rights to graze cattle; a powerful cabal of cattle barons smear the ranchers as common thieves and plot an invasion.

Kevin Costner's The West

Johnson County Wars

When Civil War veteran Col. Henry Carrington takes command of Fort Phil Kearny in Northern Wyoming, he never expects to face such a ferocious enemy as Red Cloud's band of Lakota Sioux.

The Fetterman Fight

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 as a free or slave state in its eventual admission to the Union.

Bleeding Kansas

In California, Mexican immigrant Joaquin Murrieta forms a gang of outlaws that spreads terror across the state; a posse of California Rangers, led by Harry Love, takes Murrieta down - but his legend as a hero to the downtrodden lives on to this day.

The Robin Hood of El Dorado

Missionaries Marcus and Narcissa Whitman seek to bring their way of life to the local Cayuse people; their struggle to adapt heightens fears and tensions both with the Cayuse, and each other, setting up a tragic encounter with historic consequences.

Oregon Trails

After building his reputation as a formidable hunter, John Colter chooses to stay out in the wilderness and enter the booming fur trade; when he repeatedly ignores warnings from the Blackfeet, he's taken captive and forced to make a run for his life.

Colter's Run

Chief Little Turtle leads the Indian Nations of the Northwest Confederacy to a major victory over the fledgling U.S. Army; a new force under General "Mad" Anthony Wayne embarks on a counteroffensive, leading to a new era of westward expansion.

Fallen Timbers

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Exploring the multi-layered portrait that makes up the American frontier; from literal trailblazers to the law enforcers and battles for both land and freedom.

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