American Ride

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4x1
Dust in the Wind
Episode overview
The Civil War is over, but the nation is still divided. Explore the difficulties of putting a nation back together and how the end of the war led to the opening of the Wild West.
4x2
Rails, Trails and Boomtowns
Episode overview
The American dream is alive once again, and the dreamers are heading west into wild country. Examine the wagon trains and steam trains, the gold and silver strikes, and the boomtowns that came and went.
4x3
Wanderers, Vagabonds, Drifters and Saddletramps
Episode overview
Explore the business of beef: the cattle drives from Texas to the railways hundreds of miles to the north, the men who made the money, and the cowboys who did the real work.
4x4
Bad Company
Episode overview
The West is growing, business is expanding, and civilization is on its way, both good and bad. Meet some of the men, and ladies, who put the "Wild" into the Wild West, including the notorious James Gang.
4x5
Order from Chaos
Episode overview
Civilization is taking hold in the West, and people are demanding law and order. Enter the lawman, a man who might be of dubious character, but he's good with a gun, and he's got a badge.
4x6
Lookin' Fer Trouble
Episode overview
Take a look at the myths and truths about famous gunfights in the Wild West. Both justice and business were dispensed at the end of a gun, and once in a while a fight over a woman, a card game, or an insult was ended with a gun.
4x7
The Earps
Episode overview
Learn about the Earps, the most iconic name of the Old West. Follow the trail of Wyatt, his brothers, and his pal Doc Holliday, and discover how most of their reputation and legacy was earned at the O.K. Corral.
4x8
How The West Was Lost
Episode overview
Ride with Stan and learn the story of the Westward expansion from the point of view of the people of the Lakota and Cheyenne nations.
4x9
How The West Was Lost II
Episode overview
Witness the quest of two great Native American leaders hoping to keep their people free. Ride the trails of Chief Joseph and the last free Apache, Geronimo, who became an American folk hero.
4x10
Range Wars
Episode overview
Cattle barons fight to maintain their power and money.
4x11
The Barbary Coast: End of An Era
Episode overview
The sun sets on the days of the Wild West: civilization closes down the wide-open spaces, and the lawless have been pushed to the edge of the California coast.
4x12
The Last Round-Up
Episode overview
Ride with Stan as he recounts the end of the last confederate, Jesse James, and discovers where Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid committed some of the most daring and successful train robberies in history.
4x13
The Romance and Mystique of the American West
Episode overview
The Wild West and the American cowboy become larger than life with tall tales and dime novels of frontier adventures.

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