About this season
This documentary series shows stories of how the real West was created and separates fact from fiction.
Episodes (23)
1. Mountain Meadows Massacre
Aired 1 April 1993
2. The Texas Rangers
Aired 15 April 1993 • 60 min
Stephen F. Austin formed the Texas Rangers in 1826 to protect Americans who had settled in the Northeast part of Mexico and this group later became the lawmen for the settlers in that area.
3. Notorious Robberies
Aired 22 April 1993
4. The Lincoln County War
Aired 29 April 1993
5. General Sheridan and the Indians
Aired 6 May 1993
6. Boom Towns to Ghost Towns
Aired 13 May 1993
7. Indians and the Army
Aired 20 May 1993
8. Quanah Parker: The Last Comanche
Aired 3 June 1993
9. The James Gang
Aired 17 June 1993
10. Wild West Shows
Aired 24 June 1993
11. Legendary Cowboys
Aired 1 July 1993 • 60 min
Famous cowboys. Host: Kenny Rogers.
12. Indian Wars: Might Makes Right
Aired 9 September 1993
13. The Final Clash: Wounded Knee
Aired 16 September 1993
14. Fathers of Texas
Aired 23 September 1993
15. Famous Women: Elizabeth Custer
Aired 30 September 1993
16. The Lewis and Clark Expedition
Aired 7 October 1993
17. Red Cloud
Aired 14 October 1993
18. Empire Builders: Huntington, Stanford, Crocker, Hopkins
Aired 21 October 1993
19. The Cattle Barons
Aired 4 November 1993
20. The Rush for Gold
Aired 11 November 1993
21. San Francisco
Aired 18 November 1993
22. Sitting Bull and the Great Sioux Nation
Aired 25 November 1993
A powerful medicine man guides his people to numerous victories over the United States Cavalry and develops the fighting tactics for his followers which bring about the defeat of Custer at the Battle of the Little Big Horn.
23. Wild Bill Hickok
Aired 2 December 1993