Into the Wild Frontier

Into the Wild Frontier

8 Episodes

As America expands westward, intrepid explorers and rugged mountain men risk their lives to blaze new trails into the wild frontier. The promise of new lands teeming with game and other riches is an irresistible pull for fearless men like Daniel Boone, Jim Bridger and John Colter. Danger surrounds the hunters, trappers and traders who lead the way into the unknown frontier.

Into the Wild Frontier
  • John Colter: King of the Mountain Men

    Episode 1

    TV-PG-V. Legendary mountain man John Colter survives many brushes with death, but nothing prepares him for what he faces now; after venturing into Blackfeet territory, he is stripped naked and forced to run for his life as warriors give chase.

  • Jim Bridger: Forged on the Frontier

    Episode 2

    TV-PG. In his first year on the frontier, Jim Bridger is forced to weigh his morals against the harsh realities of survival; as Arikara warriors close in, he must choose between staying with a dying man and risking certain death -- or fleeing to safety.

  • Jim Beckwourth: War Chief of the Crow

    Episode 3

    TV-PG-LV. In an epic tale of adventure, former slave Jim Beckwourth goes West to work as a trapper only to become a battle-hardened war chief of the Crow; when a conflict with mountain men leads to violence, he must choose between the two worlds he loves.

  • Lewis & Clark: Captains of Discovery

    Episode 4

    TV-PG-LV. As Meriwether Lewis and William Clark trek into the uncharted West, the rivers become too shallow for boats; they must find friendly Native Americans willing to trade for horses or risk spending winter on the wrong side of the Rocky Mountains.

  • Kit Carson: The Greatest Scout in the West

    Episode 5

    TV-PG-V. Famed trailblazer and tracker Kit Carson faces the toughest challenge of his life when settler Ann White is captured by an Apache raiding party; now it's a race against time as Carson pursues the Apache in a desperate attempt to save White's life.

  • Tom Fitzpatrick: Trapper, Trader, Legend

    Episode 6

    TV-PG-LV. From humble beginnings, Tom Fitzpatrick rises to become one of the most successful men in the fur trade; however, the shrewd mountain man could lose everything when one wrong turn in the wilderness leads him on a harrowing journey of survival.

  • Daniel Boone: Hero of Kentucky

    Episode 7

    TV-PG-V. Frontiersman Daniel Boone leads settlers to the newly discovered lands of Kentucky, but his daughter is soon abducted by a Cherokee chief; in a frantic race to save his daughter, Boone goes from being a settler to a warrior.

  • Jedediah Smith: Scholar and Survivor

    Episode 8

    TV-PG-V. Jedediah Smith hopes to earn his living in the fur trade, but he is driven by an explorer's spirit; though badly mauled by a grizzly bear, the fearless mountain man goes on to explore more of the vast, uncharted American frontier than any other man.