The Real West

Season 1

1992 · 21 episodes · 3h 47m in all

Episodes

1. 1

   1. George Custer: Showdown at Little Big Horn

   3 Sept 1992

   George Custer: Showdown at Little Big Horn

2. 2

   2. Crazy Horse: The Last Warrior

   10 Sept 1992

3. 3

   3. Trailblazers & Scouts

   17 Sept 1992

4. 4

   4. The Battle of the Alamo

   24 Sept 1992

   Davy Crockett, Jim Bowie, and William Bennet Travis were heroes of the frontier, whose colorful careers made them symbols of the American Spirit. The Battle of the Alamo examines the impulsive heroics, the fatal miscalculations, and the vain ambitions of three men out to carve their marks into American Folklore

5. 5

   5. Outlaws: The Ten Most Wanted

   1 Oct 1992 · 60 min

   A study of gunslingers, including Jesse James, John Wesley Hardin and Billy the Kid. Host: Kenny Rogers.

6. 6

   6. The U.S. Civil War Out West

   8 Oct 1992

7. 7

   7. The Law From Behind the Tin Star

   15 Oct 1992

8. 8

   8. The Dalton Gang

   22 Oct 1992 · 60 min

   “The Dalton Gang,” good guys turned bad who went from being U.S. marshals to robbing banks and trains. Their banditry ended in 1892 in Coffeyville, Kan., where four gang members were killed during an attempt to rob two banks in one day.

9. 9

   9. The Mexican War

   29 Oct 1992

10. 10

    10. Stagecoach and the Pony Express

    5 Nov 1992 · 60 min

    The stagecoach and the pony express, and how they linked the East Coast to the West.

11. 11

    11. Indian Weapons & the Warrior Societies

    12 Nov 1992

12. 12

    12. Buffalo Bill & His Wild West Show

    19 Nov 1992

13. 13

    13. Westward Ho! The Wagon Train

    26 Nov 1992

14. 14

    14. Geronimo: The Last Renegade

    3 Dec 1992

    Biography of Geronimo, the legendary Chiricahua Apache leader who refused to let his people be placed on a reservation and fought the US Army and local Arizona residents for many years in the late 1800s. He even raided into Mexico, terrorizing the population and battling Mexican troops.

15. 15

    15. The Coming of the Iron Horse

    10 Dec 1992

16. 16

    16. Wild, Wild Women

    17 Dec 1992 · 47 min

    The wild women of the Old West weren't prissy little frontier fillies. They staked their claim to Western legend with a style all their own. Problem is, history leans to the male gunslingers and Indian fighters. In Wild Women, America's folklore heroines get their just rewards.

17. 17

    17. Bloody Dodge City

    24 Dec 1992

18. 18

    18. The Guns That Tamed the West

    31 Dec 1992

19. 19

    19. The Trail of Tears

    7 Jan 1993

20. 20

    20. The Pinkertons

    14 Jan 1993

21. 21

    21. Easy Women: Prostitution in the Real West

    21 Jan 1993