About this season
This documentary series shows stories of how the real West was created and separates fact from fiction.
Episodes (22)
1. The Donner Party
Aired 13 January 1994
2. Legends & Folklore of the Old West
Aired 27 January 1994
3. Indian Agents
Aired 3 February 1994
4. The Northern Frontier: Canadian West
Aired 24 February 1994
5. The Johnson County War
Aired 3 March 1994
6. The Mystic Navajo
Aired 10 March 1994
7. Wild Bill Hickok
Aired 17 March 1994
8. Famous Forts and Outposts
Aired 24 March 1994
9. Steamboats West: Glory Days on the Big Muddy
Aired 7 April 1994
10. Chief Joseph and the Nez Perce War
Aired 21 April 1994
11. The Klondike Gold Rush
Aired 12 May 1994
12. Headline Hunters of the Old West
Aired 19 May 1994
13. The Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Aired 26 May 1994
Filmed on location in Saskatchewan Canada, this episode tells the story of the North West Mounted Police who eventually became the Royal Canadian Mounted Police. It tells the story from their arrival in Western Canada until the end of the 19th Century. The program focuses on the initially positive relationship between the individual officers and the first nations people, and the deterioration of that relationship culminating in the Northwest Rebellion of 1885. It also depicts the arrival of the Midland Battalion of the Canadian Milita in Saskatchewan in 1885.
14. Hot Lead & Scandal: The Earps' Brand of Justice
Aired 2 June 1994
15. John Wesley Powell and the Mighty Colorado
Aired 9 June 1994
16. Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
Aired 16 June 1994
17. Dinosaur Hunters of the Old West
Aired 23 June 1994
18. Chicago: Gateway to the West
Aired 30 June 1994
19. General George Crook
Aired 7 July 1994
20. The Fabulous Comstock Lode: Virginia City
Aired 14 July 1994
21. The Great Cheyenne Nations: Most Feared of All
Aired 21 July 1994
22. The Great Cheyenne Nations: The Fight to Survive
Aired 28 July 1994