The West

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TV-PG

8h 57m

Documentary, Historical, War

September 15th, 1996

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The West Season 1 Episodes

Season 1

One Sky Above Us (1887-1914)

September 22nd, 1996

Los Angeles steals its water supply, millions of Mexicans migrate north, and Hollywood begins to shape the West and the nation's image of it.

By the late 1880's, American settlers continue to claim tribal lands while the Dawes Act tries to break up the tribal structure of the Native American nations. The Native Americans take up the Ghost Dance putting their faith in religion until their hopes are crushed at the Massacre of Wounded Knee.

Geography Of Hope (1877-1887)

September 21st, 1996

The conquest of the West was nearly complete by the 1870s. In one remarkable decade, with Indians effectively confined to reservations, over four million new settlers arrived to stake their claim to the future.

Fight No More Forever (1874-1877)

September 20th, 1996

By the 1870s, only a few groups resisted the nation's push to conquer the West.

Grandest Enterprise Under God (1868-1874)

September 19th, 1996

After the Civil War reunited North and South, Americans set out with renewed energy and optimism to finally unite the nation, East and West.

Death Runs Riot (1856-1868)

September 18th, 1996

The West had always symbolized hope and new beginnings, but in the 1850s, as more American pioneers poured west to start over, they brought with them the nation's oldest, most divisive issue -- slavery.

Speck Of The Future (1848-1856)

September 17th, 1996

In 1848, a sawmill worker named James Marshall reached down into the stream bed of the American River in California -- and came up with the future of the West in the palm of his hand. He had discovered gold.

Empire Upon The Trails (1806-1848)

September 16th, 1996

In the early 1800's, no one knew who would control the seemingly infinite spaces of the West.

The People (1500-1806)

September 15th, 1996

This series chronicles the saga of the American West, tracing the lives of a diverse cast of characters, from explorers, soldiers and Indian warriors to settlers, railroad builders and ...