The Real West Episode Guide

Episode Guide

• Battle of the Alamo

  Texan defenders of the Alamo fight though defeat is certain.

• Bloody Dodge City

  Lawmen, outlaws, gunfights and loose morals give Dodge City its reputation.

• Boom Towns to Ghost Towns

  Mining and cattle towns go bust when economic conditions change.

• Buffalo Bill & His Wild West

  Buffalo Bill's traveling show influences perception of the Old West.

• Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid

  Controversy surrounds the deaths of bank robbers Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid.

• The Cattle Barons

  Cattle barons control ranches larger than some states.

• Chicago: Gateway to the West

  After 1830, Chicago grows from a sleepy prairie town to the nation's second-largest city.

• Chief Joseph & the Nez Perce War

  Chief Joseph leads the Nez Perce to sanctuary in Canada.

• The Coming of the Iron Horse

  Railroads change the frontier as fortunes and towns are built and destroyed.

• Crazy Horse

  Crazy Horse leads Dakotas to victory at the Little Bighorn.

• Custer and the 7th Cavalry

  Custer leads 250 troops to defeat by the Dakota.

• The Dalton Gang

  Lawmen-turned-robbers, the Daltons die violently in the 1892 Coffeyville Raid.

• Dinosaur Hunters of the Old West

  Early paleontologists Charles Marsh and Edward Drinker deal with hostile Indians, creationists and professional rivalry.

• The Donner Party

  The Donner party resorts to cannibalism.

• Easy Women: Prostitution in the Real West

  Gold attracts prostitutes as well as miners to Western boomtowns.

• Empire Builders

  Railroad builders Leland Stanford, Collis Huntington, Charles Crocker and Mark Hopkins.

• The Fabulous Comstock Lode: Virginia City

  Comstock Lode silver makes Virginia City, Nev., a boomtown.

• Famous Forts and Outposts

  During the westward migration, stone and wood forts were refuge to tired pioneers.

• Famous Women: Elizabeth Custer

  Gen. George Armstrong Custer's wife, Elizabeth.

• Fathers of Texas

  Sam Houston and Stephen Austin lead a revolt against Mexico.

• The Final Clash: Wounded Knee

  The massacre at Wounded Knee marks the final Indian battle.

• General George Crook

  Gen. George Crook fights Indians then, in peacetime, promotes their cause.

• General Sheridan and the Indians

  Gen. Philip Sheridan leads U.S. troops against American Indians.

• Geronimo: The Last Renegade

  Forced off his Arizona land, embittered Geronimo launches raids against settlers.

• The Great Cheyenne Nations: Most Feared of All

  Westward expansion makes Cheyenne life a fierce battle to survive.

• The Great Cheyenne Nations: The Fight to Survive

  The Southern Cheyenne migrate to Colorado; Chivington and the Sand Creek Massacre.

• The Guns That Tamed the West

  Colt, Remington and Smith & Wesson tame the West.

• Headline Hunters of the Old West

  Sensational news stories and dime novels make heroes of Calamity Jane and Wild Bill Hickok.

• Hot Lead & Scandal: The Earps' Brand of Justice

  The Earp brothers wear badges and spill blood.

• Indian Agents

  Indian agents, whether missionaries or political appointees, affect reservation life.

• Indian Wars: Might Makes Right

  Destruction of American Indian culture follows 19th-century battles.

• Indian Weapons and the Warrior Societies

  Indians turn simple weapons, developed for hunting and defense, against white intruders.

• Indians and the Army

  Some Indians become scouts for the U.S. Cavalry.

• The James Gang

  Disenchanted Confederates, the James brothers become notorious outlaws.

• John Wesley Powell & the Mighty Colorado

  John Wesley Powell explores the Colorado River.

• The Johnson County War

  The Army restores order between cattle ranchers and homesteaders in 1892 Wyoming.

• The Klondike Gold Rush

  Thousands brave mountains and Yukon River rapids to reach Klondike gold fields.

• The Last Comanche

  After his surrender, Comanche Chief Quanah Parker becomes a rancher and a judge.

• The Law From Behind the Tin Star

  Old West lawmen have questionable methods and motives.

• Legendary Cowboys

  Cowboys deal with stampeding cattle, gunfights and life on the range.

• Legends & Folklore of the Old West

  Truth belies the legend of the West.

• The Lewis and Clark Expedition

  Meriwether Lewis and William Clark chart the West.

• Libbie Custer

  Elizabeth Bacon 'Libbie' Custer encourages the legend of husband George Armstrong Custer.

• The Lincoln County War

  A New Mexico murder leads to more violence and Billy the Kid's downfall.

• The Mexican War

  In 1845 President James K. Polk annexes Texas.

• Mountain Meadows Massacre

  Mormons try to cover up the murders of 128 pioneers in southern Utah.

• The Mystic Navajo

  During the 1860s, government campaigns force adult Navajo to a New Mexico reservation.

• The Northern Frontier: Canadian West

  Pioneers tame western Canada.

• The Northwest Mounted Police

  The Northwest Mounted Police help in the peaceful settlement of the Canadian frontier.

• Notorious Robberies

  Famous acts of thievery in the Old West include train robberies and bank heists.

  Next on: Monday 21st December 7:00am EST - History
• Outlaws: The Ten Most Wanted

  Gruesome truths, exaggerations and lies surround legendary gunslingers.

• The Pinkertons

  Allan Pinkerton starts a detective agency and founds the Secret Service.

• Quanah Parker: The Last Comanche

  After his surrender, Comanche Chief Quanah Parker becomes a rancher and a judge.

• Red Cloud

  Red Cloud leads the Oglala Lakota in war and in peace.

• The Rush for Gold

  The gold rush makes fortunes for a few but spells disaster for most.

• San Francisco

  Rough-and-tumble San Francisco becomes cosmopolitan.

• Sitting Bull and the Great Sioux Nation

  Sitting Bull leads his people in a struggle against white encroachment.

• Stagecoach and the Pony Express

  Stagecoach drivers and the pony express brave bandits and Indian attacks.

• Steamboats West: Glory Days on the Big Muddy

  Steamboats open transportation for Western settlers.

• The Texas Rangers

  The Texas Rangers track vicious criminals.

• The Trail of Tears

  In 1829 the Indian Removal Bill forces the Five Civilized Tribes westward, on foot.

• Trailblazers & Scouts

  Kit Carson, Jim Bridger and John Wesley Powell guide pioneers.

• The U.S. Civil War Out West

  Civil War battles west of the Mississippi.

• Westward Ho! The Wagon Train

  Families follow their dreams westward in Conestoga wagons.

• Wild Bill Hickok

  Gunfighter Wild Bill Hickok dies in 1876.

• Wild West Shows

  Buffalo Bill and others entertain audiences worldwide.

  Next on: Monday 14th December 7:00am EST - History
• Wild, Wild Women

  Exotic and eccentric women; Calamity Jane; Belle Starr; Annie Oakley.