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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.

Into the Wild Frontier

Jedediah Smith: Scholar and Survivor

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.

Daniel Boone: Hero of Kentucky

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.

Tom Fitzpatrick: Trapper, Trader, Legend

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.

Kit Carson: The Greatest Scout in the West

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.

Lewis & Clark: Captains of Discovery

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.

Jim Beckwourth: War Chief of the Crow

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 Bridger: Forged on the Frontier

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.

John Colter: King of the Mountain Men

As the United States expands westward, intrepid explorers and rugged mountain men risk their lives to blaze new trails into the wild frontier, and their epic tales of adventure and survival become the stuff of myths and legends.

S1 E5 | Kit Carson: The Greatest Scout in the West

E8 | Jedediah Smith: Scholar and Survivor

E7 | Daniel Boone: Hero of Kentucky

E6 | Tom Fitzpatrick: Trapper, Trader, Legend

E5 | Kit Carson: The Greatest Scout in the West

E4 | Lewis & Clark: Captains of Discovery

E3 | Jim Beckwourth: War Chief of the Crow

E2 | Jim Bridger: Forged on the Frontier

E1 | John Colter: King of the Mountain Men