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Kevin Costner's The West

Kevin Costner's The West
★ 7.3/10•2025•43m•TV-14•Documentary
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This fresh look at the epic history of the American West delves into the desperate struggle for the land itself – and how it still shapes the America we know today.

Austin Peters · Director

StatusEnded
Runtime43m
LanguageEN
First Air DateMay 26, 2025

Episodes

Episode 1 - Fallen TimbersE144m

Fallen Timbers

Following years of land encroachments by American settlers, Chief Little Turtle of the Miami leads the Indian Nations of the Northwest Confederacy to a major victory over the fledgling U.S. Army. But a new force under General "Mad" Anthony Wayne embarks on a counteroffensive, leading to a final battle that will see the Confederacy defeated - and open a new era of westward expansion.

May 26, 2025

Episode 2 - Colter's RunE243m

Colter's Run

After building his reputation as a formidable hunter on Lewis and Clark's Expedition into the newly acquired Louisiana Territory, John Colter chooses to stay out in the wilderness and enter the booming fur trade. But when he repeatedly ignores warnings from the Blackfeet not to hunt their sacred beaver on their lands, he's taken captive and forced to make a run for his life.

May 26, 2025

Episode 3 - Oregon TrailsE343m

Oregon Trails

Missionaries Marcus and Narcissa Whitman settle by the Columbia River to convert the Cayuse. Cultural clashes and a measles outbreak increase tensions, leading to a fateful confrontation.

May 27, 2025

Episode 4 - ComancheriaE443m

Comancheria

The abduction of nine-year-old Cynthia Ann Parker kicks off a series of increasingly deadly confrontations between her Comanche captors and the newly independent Texas.

Jun 2, 2025

Episode 5 - The Robin Hood of El DoradoE543m

The Robin Hood of El Dorado

In Gold Rush California, Mexican immigrant Joaquin Murrieta forms a gang of outlaws that spreads terror across the newly formed state.

Jun 9, 2025

Episode 6 - Bleeding KansasE641m

Bleeding Kansas

When Kansas becomes a battleground in the national debate over slavery, settlers on both sides of the issue pour into the territory to determine its future.

Jun 16, 2025

Episode 7 - The Fetterman FightE742m

The Fetterman Fight

Civil War veteran Col. Henry Carrington takes command of Fort Phil Kearny in Northern Wyoming.

Jun 23, 2025

Episode 8 - Johnson County WarsE841m

Johnson County Wars

A cabal of cattle barons smear small-time ranchers as common thieves and plot an invasion.

Jun 30, 2025

Actors

Kevin Costner

Kevin Costner

Self - Host

Clay Jenkinson

Self - Author, The Character of Meriwether Lewis

Yohuru Williams

Yohuru Williams

Self - Professor of History: University of St. Thomas

Doris Kearns Goodwin

Doris Kearns Goodwin

Self - Pulitzer Prize-Winning Presidential Historian

H.W. Brands

H.W. Brands

Self - Author, Dreams of El Dorado: A History of the American West

Elliott West

Self - Author, Continental Reckoning

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