Summary: They were the quintessential American heroes: the embodiment of rugged individualism and independence. For 30 years, cowboys ruled the frontier, settling the American West and carving their way into American mythology forever. This is the story of the golden era of the American Cowboy.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2011
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Summary: A battle over a dry-goods monopoly in Lincoln County, New Mexico, exposes corrupt politicians, cattle rustling, and cold-blooded murder in 1876. Erupting into a full-blown range war involving numerous Western legends, such as Billy the Kid and John Chisum, the conflict ultimately accomplishes very little.
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2011
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Summary: This program examines the friction caused by westward expansion of white settlers from the colonial period through the 19th century and the near obliteration of America's indigenous population and their culture.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2011
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Summary: Also known as the Mexican - American war, it was an armed conflict from 1846 to 1848 in the wake of the 1845 U.S. annexation of Texas, which Mexico considered part of its territory despite the 1836 Texas Revolution. Follow this program as American forces invade and conquer New Mexico, California, and parts of what is currently northern Mexico, while another American army captures Mexico City...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2011
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Summary: Called easy women, shady ladies, and soiled doves, the women who went west to practice the oldest profession were the first ladies of the American frontier. Arriving ahead of their decent sisters, prostitutes flocked to the boom towns and mining camps, facing ostracism and abuse as they sought a piece of the American Dream.
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2011
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Summary: During the westward migration, stone and wood forts were refuge to tired pioneers. This program looks at Fort Union in New Mexico on the Santa Fe Trail and other outposts of civilization in the West.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2011
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Summary: This program documents the exploits of John Wesley Powell, a professor who led a three-month exploration of the Colorado River in 1869 to document the area's rocks, plants, and animals.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2011
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Summary: In United States history, an Indian agent was an individual authorized to interact with Native American tribes on behalf of the U.S. government. Indian agents, whether missionaries or political appointees, affect reservation life.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2011
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Summary: This episode examines Nevada's Comstock Lode and the town that boomed around its silver ore mines, Virginia City. The lode first flourished from 1859 to 1865, and again from 1873 to 1882.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2011
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Summary: Red Cloud, head Chief of the Oglala Lakota (Sioux), from 1868 to 1909, was one of the most capable Native American opponents the United States Army faced. He led a successful conflict in 1866?1868 known as Red Cloud's War over control of the Powder River Country in northwestern Wyoming and southern Montana. After the Treaty of Fort Laramie, he led his people in the important transition to...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2011