Kevin Costner's The West
Kevin Costner's The West

Kevin Costner's The West (2025)

7.31 seasonsDocumentary

This fresh look at the epic history of the American West delves into the desperate struggle for the land itself – and how it still shapes the America we know today.

📺 Seasons & Episodes

Miniseries8 episodes
Fallen Timbers

1. Fallen Timbers

44 min

Following years of land encroachments by American settlers, Chief Little Turtle of the Miami leads the Indian Nations of the Northwest Confederacy to a major victory over the fledgling U.S. Army. But a new force under General "Mad" Anthony Wayne embarks on a counteroffensive, leading to a final battle that will see the Confederacy defeated - and open a new era of westward expansion.

Colter's Run

2. Colter's Run

43 min

After building his reputation as a formidable hunter on Lewis and Clark's Expedition into the newly acquired Louisiana Territory, John Colter chooses to stay out in the wilderness and enter the booming fur trade. But when he repeatedly ignores warnings from the Blackfeet not to hunt their sacred beaver on their lands, he's taken captive and forced to make a run for his life.

Oregon Trails

3. Oregon Trails

43 min

Missionaries Marcus and Narcissa Whitman settle by the Columbia River to convert the Cayuse. Cultural clashes and a measles outbreak increase tensions, leading to a fateful confrontation.

Comancheria

4. Comancheria

43 min

The abduction of nine-year-old Cynthia Ann Parker kicks off a series of increasingly deadly confrontations between her Comanche captors and the newly independent Texas.

The Robin Hood of El Dorado

5. The Robin Hood of El Dorado

43 min

In Gold Rush California, Mexican immigrant Joaquin Murrieta forms a gang of outlaws that spreads terror across the newly formed state.

Bleeding Kansas

6. Bleeding Kansas

43 min

When Kansas becomes a battleground in the national debate over slavery, settlers on both sides of the issue pour into the territory to determine its future.

The Fetterman Fight

7. The Fetterman Fight

45 min

Civil War veteran Col. Henry Carrington takes command of Fort Phil Kearny in Northern Wyoming.

Johnson County Wars

8. Johnson County Wars

44 min

A cabal of cattle barons smear small-time ranchers as common thieves and plot an invasion.

Cast

Kevin Costner

Kevin Costner

Self - Host

Clay Jenkinson

Clay Jenkinson

Self - Author, The Character of Meriwether Lewis

Yohuru Williams

Yohuru Williams

Self - Professor of History: University of St. Thomas

Doris Kearns Goodwin

Doris Kearns Goodwin

Self - Pulitzer Prize-Winning Presidential Historian

H.W. Brands

H.W. Brands

Self - Author, Dreams of El Dorado: A History of the American West

Elliott West

Elliott West

Self - Author, Continental Reckoning

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