September 15, 1996 • 1h 20m
The West begins as the whole world to the people who live there. It becomes a New World when Europeans arrive, a world shaken by i...Read more
September 16, 1996 • 1h 20m
Americans head west along many pathways -- following the fur trade into the mountains, fighting for self-determination in Texas, s...Read more
September 17, 1996 • 1h 20m
The Gold Rush brings the whole world to the West, as 49ers from Asia, South America and the eastern states scramble for “a share o...Read more
September 18, 1996 • 1h 20m
Civil war comes early to the West. In “Bleeding Kansas,” abolitionists battle for free soil. In Utah, federal troops march against...Read more
September 19, 1996 • 1h 20m
A triumph of the human spirit, the transcontinental railroad opens a new era in the West, carrying homesteaders onto the prairies,...Read more
September 20, 1996 • 1h 20m
The federal government tightens its grip on the West, but three bold spirits remain defiant -- Sitting Bull, who prophesies his pe...Read more
September 21, 1996 • 1h 20m
Newcomers arrive by the millions, bringing a new spirit of conformity to the West. Indian children are taught to forsake their her...Read more
September 22, 1996 • 1h 20m
As settlers race to claim tribal lands, Native Americans take up the Ghost Dance, trusting in its power to restore a lost way of l...Read more
September 23, 1996 • 1h 20m
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.