The Real West

Documentary

This documentary series shows stories of how the real West was created and separates fact from fiction.

Episodes

Cast

1. George Custer: Showdown at Little Big Horn

3rd Sep 1992

George Custer: Showdown at Little Big Horn

2. Crazy Horse: The Last Warrior

10th Sep 1992

3. Trailblazers & Scouts

17th Sep 1992

4. The Battle of the Alamo

24th Sep 1992

5. Outlaws: The Ten Most Wanted

1st Oct 1992

A study of gunslingers, including Jesse James, John Wesley Hardin and Billy the Kid. Host: Kenny Rogers.

6. The U.S. Civil War Out West

8th Oct 1992

7. The Law From Behind the Tin Star

15th Oct 1992

8. The Dalton Gang

22nd Oct 1992

“The Dalton Gang,” good guys turned bad who went from being U.S. marshals to robbing banks and trains. Their banditry ended in 1892 in Coffeyville, Kan., where four gang members were killed during an attempt to rob two banks in one day.

9. The Mexican War

29th Oct 1992

10. Stagecoach and the Pony Express

5th Nov 1992

The stagecoach and the pony express, and how they linked the East Coast to the West.

11. Indian Weapons & the Warrior Societies

12th Nov 1992

12. Buffalo Bill & His Wild West Show

19th Nov 1992

13. Westward Ho! The Wagon Train

26th Nov 1992

14. Geronimo: The Last Renegade

3rd Dec 1992

Biography of Geronimo, the legendary Chiricahua Apache leader who refused to let his people be placed on a reservation and fought the US Army and local Arizona residents for many years in the late 1800s. He even raided into Mexico, terrorizing the population and battling Mexican troops.

15. The Coming of the Iron Horse

10th Dec 1992

16. Wild, Wild Women

17th Dec 1992

17. Bloody Dodge City

24th Dec 1992

18. The Guns That Tamed the West

31st Dec 1992

19. The Trail of Tears

7th Jan 1993

20. The Pinkertons

14th Jan 1993

21. Easy Women: Prostitution in the Real West

21st Jan 1993

First air date