Name: Kevin Costner's The West
Genre: Documentary
Cast: Kevin Costner, Clay Jenkinson, Yohuru Williams, Doris Kearns Goodwin, H.W. Brands

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Kevin Costner

Clay Jenkinson

Yohuru Williams

Doris Kearns Goodwin

H.W. Brands

Elliott West

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.

Kevin Costner's The West

SNEAK PEEK l Kevin Costner's The West Premieres Memorial Day on HISTORY at 9/8c

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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.

Fallen Timbers

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.

Colter's Run

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.

Oregon Trails

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.

Comancheria

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

The Robin Hood of El Dorado

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.

Bleeding Kansas

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

The Fetterman Fight

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

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