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.
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.
In a 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.
As Lewis and Clark's expedition treks into the uncharted west, the rivers they follow become too shallow for boats. Now they must find Native Americans willing to trade for horses...or risk spending winter on the wrong side of the Rockies.
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 an attempt to save Ann's life.
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.
Frontiersman Daniel Boone leads settlers to the newly discovered lands of Kentucky, but his daughter is soon abducted by a hostile Cherokee chief. In a frantic race to save his daughter, Boone transforms from settler to warrior.
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.
As William Sublette rises to the top of the fur trade, he revolutionizes an industry that requires daily risks on the frontier. But will he risk too much when he rushes to save his comrades in the largest battle of the mountain man era?
Joe Meek arrives on the frontier as a greenhorn, but he quickly masters the skills of mountain man life. Just as his trapping career is taking off, he faces a life-or-death challenge when he's taken captive by warriors from the Crow tribe.
Joe Walker doesn't head west to seek fame and fortune, but his trailblazing explorations across the uncharted frontier usher in a golden age of expansion and settlement that help create the United States as we know them today.
When he is separated from a trapping party, frontiersman Jim Clyman is 600 miles from the nearest fort. To survive the trek, he must put his fate in the hands of Native Americans, without knowing if they will help him or kill him on sight.
Though Andrew Henry has little experience when he joins the fur trade, he gives his word to complete a risky trapping expedition. As Blackfeet warriors close in, he must weigh his pledge against the lives of the men he now leads.
As a young man on America's frontier, Kit Carson sets the standard for steely nerves and fearlessness. But his legend is born when a Native woman is insulted by a notorious bully of the mountains, and Kit challenges him to a duel to death.
Marie Dorion, a member of the Iowa People and mother of two, joins her husband on a harrowing expedition to the Pacific Northwest. After enduring near starvation and the death of her third child, her worst ordeal still lies ahead.
As the fur trade ends, lifelong frontiersmen like Tom Fitzpatrick are forced to adapt. When he becomes a guide for the flood of Americans wanting to emigrate to California, he faces new dangers as his old way of life is becoming obsolete.
Frontiersman Christopher Gist leads young George Washington to a French fort in the Ohio wilderness.
After Anne Bailey's husband is killed, she defies social norms and becomes a horseback courier.
Frontier trader George Croghan risks his life to find Pontiac and negotiate a peace agreement.
James Harrod founds Harrod's Town on Native American hunting ground in Kentucky and is under attack.
English astronomers Charles Mason and Jeremiah Dixon resolve a border dispute in Colonial America.
Robert Rogers leads a fighting force of rangers to fight French forces in Colonial America.
William Bartram explores the unmapped regions of the South to document the native fauna and flora.
Frontiersman Daniel Boone faces the biggest challenge of his life when he is taken prisoner.
Heading west as a young adventurer, greenhorn Jim Baker quickly develops a reputation as a skilled marksman and mountain man. When a party of trappers is surrounded by Cheyenne and Arapaho warriors, Baker proves that he is also a leader.
After a life of adventure as a trapper and trader in the west, frontiersman Jim Beckwourth becomes an Army dispatch rider. While carrying messages down the Santa Fe Trail, Beckwourth and a young companion face a showdown with the Pawnee.
Coming of age on the frontier, young Bill Hamilton joins Old Bill Williams on an epic adventure during the final days of the fur trade. The last true mountain man, Hamilton's courage is tested when he faces a massive Bannock war party.
Having explored the frontier with his friend Kit Carson, Lucien Maxwell is eager to settle down with his family. But before he can establish a ranch in New Mexico, Maxwell must first survive a deadly clash with the Jicarilla Apache.
A Tennessee native, John Coffee Hays heads to the frontier of Texas in the 1830s and signs on as an early member of the Texas Rangers. In 1844, Hays becomes a legend when he leads a band of rangers in a desperate fight with the Comanche.
Young Army officer John Mullan heads west to help establish an important wagon route through the Northern Rockies. But, before he can build his road, Mullan must survive a dangerous encounter with the Yakima in Washington Territory.
Already a seasoned mountain man, Joe Meek has a reputation for courage and bravery among the trappers of the west. But Meek will become a frontier legend when he risks his life to save the woman that he loves from a Crow war party.