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Summary:EPISODE ONE : WESTWARD HO - 1845-1861 THIS FIRST OF RIC BURNS EPIC 6 PART SERIES CHARTS THE BURST OF EXPANSIONIST FERVOUR THAT BEGAN IN THE 1840'S AS TENS OF THOUSANDS, AND THEN - WITH THE DISCOVERY OF GOLD AND SILVER IN CALIFORNIA, NEVADA AND COLORADO - HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF EMIGRANTS SWARMED WEST, HOPING TO TRANSFORM THEIR LIVES. NATIVE AMERICANS ON THE GREAT PLAINS WATCHED WITH CONSTERNATION THE ENDLESS TRAINS OF COVERED WAGONS RUMBLING WEST OVER THE OREGON AND CALIFORNIA TRAILS. SOME BEGAN TO SPEAK OF EMIGRATING EASTWARDS - UNABLE TO BELIEVE THAT ANY WHITES COULD BE LEFT THERE.
Description:AS A FOLLOW-UP TO THE CIVIL WAR RIC BURNS TELLS THE STORY OF THE WILD WEST.