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8 Episodes 2023 - 2023
Episode 1
Sat, May 6, 2023
After Anne Bailey's husband is killed by Native Americans, she defies the social norms of the frontier and volunteers as a mounted messenger, risking her life to deliver vital messages and intelligence to isolated forts and settlements. After riding hundreds of miles through hostile territory, she is quickly celebrated for her incredible endurance and quick thinking. On one harrowing ride, Anne abandons her horse to evade a Shawnee war party that is chasing her. Later, under the cover of darkness, she follows the Shawnee to their camp and steals back her horse, an act so audacious the Shawnee give her the moniker "Mad Anne." In her most legendary adventure, Anne makes an historic 240-mile ride to retrieve enough gunpowder to save Fort Lee, and her own family, from a massive Indian uprising.
Episode 2
Sat, May 13, 2023
In 1773, naturalist William Bartram embarks on what becomes a multi-year scientific expedition across thousands of miles of the unmapped Southeast. As he documents the native flora and fauna, Bartram searches for new medicinal plants and remedies that will improve the lives of the American colonists. In an epic push to reach the Mississippi River, Bartram traverses the entire Florida Territory, surviving perilous encounters with hostile Native Americans and deadly wildlife. Near the end of his journey, he must use all his newfound scientific knowledge to save his own life when he is suddenly afflicted with an unknown virus. At death's door, he is saved by the very remedies he has been studying, and his story captures the imagination of thousands of Americans who dream of a future on the frontier.
Episode 3
Sat, May 20, 2023
After establishing Boonesborough, one of the first settlements west of the Appalachian Mountains, legendary frontiersman Daniel Boone finds his new settlement at war with the Shawnee. To survive, they must leave the fort to find salt to preserve their meat through the winter. Leaving his family behind, Boone guides a small company on a 60-mile journey to the nearest salt lick. But before they can finish their work, the men are ambushed by a Shawnee war party on the way to attack Boonesborough. Somehow, Boone persuades the Chief to postpone attacking the fort in exchange for the surrender of the men harvesting the salt. While being held as a captive, Boone hatches a plan to escape and travel 160 miles through hostile territory to warn Boonesborough, and his family, of the impending attack.
Episode 4
Sat, May 27, 2023
World-famous English astronomers Charles Mason and Jeremiah Dixon come to the American colonies to survey the disputed boundaries between Pennsylvania and Maryland. To settle the long-standing and often-bloody border dispute once and for all, the two scientists transport cutting-edge and fragile surveying equipment through hundreds of miles of rugged wilderness. For nearly five years, the expedition endures treacherous weather, deadly terrain, and the constant threat of attacks by hostile Native American tribes. Against all odds, they complete the survey with pinpoint accuracy, and their Mason-Dixon Line helps to bring peace to the new frontier.
Episode 5
Sat, Jun 3, 2023
Daniel Boone may be the most famous explorer of Kentucky, but frontiersman James Harrod is the first to establish a settlement there: Harrod's Town. The thriving outpost, which is also the first European settlement west of the Appalachian Mountains, soon draws the attention of wide-eyed, would-be settlers, as well as Native American tribes intent on repelling these foreigners from their traditional hunting grounds. When vengeful warriors besiege Harrod's Town, settlers begin to run out of food and gunpowder, and Harrod must sneak out under the cover of darkness to bring back provisions to help them survive. Upon his return, Harrod learns that the daughter of a fallen friend has been kidnapped by the Shawnee, and he heads out alone to attempt a daring rescue.
Episode 6
Sat, Jun 10, 2023
In 1750, frontiersman and surveyor Christopher Gist takes on the ambitious job of mapping the rugged Ohio Territory, which will lay the foundation for British expansion beyond the original thirteen colonies. The colossal task requires all of Gist's wilderness skills and his deft ability to avoid conflict with Native Americans. Three years later, when French and British ambitions for the Ohio Territory threaten to explode into war, Gist is hired to guide a young George Washington on a diplomatic mission to demand a French retreat from the disputed land. When French forces rebuff Washington's ultimatum, he asks Gist to take him back to Virginia as quickly as possible with the news. The two men embark on a legendary journey, over 100 miles on foot, through treacherous wilderness that pushes them to the brink of death and bonds them for life. When Gist saves Washington from drowning in an icy river, he unknowingly changes the course of history and preserves the future of a nation.
Episode 7
Sat, Jun 17, 2023
Known as The King of the Traders, George Croghan is an entrepreneur who has made and lost fortunes conducting business with Native Americans on the edges of Colonial America. But his livelihood is put in jeopardy when Ottawa Chief Pontiac organizes a coalition of tribes to attack remote British forts, and trade comes to a complete standstill. Croghan is recruited by the British Empire to take a perilous journey into the wilderness to find Pontiac, negotiate a peace agreement, and prevent all-out war. Along the way Croghan's trade goods are destroyed, leaving him with little to trade for peace, and he suffers a grievous head wound as he is taken captive by a Kickapoo war party. The fast-talking Croghan must use all his charm, wits, and experience to turn the tables on his captors, save his own life, and bring about an historic peace treaty.
Episode 8
Sat, Jun 24, 2023
In 1755, as war engulfs the colonies, Robert Rogers raises an elite militia unit of rangers in New Hampshire to fight French forces. He leads his ranger company, which comes to be known as Rogers' Rangers, on dangerous reconnaissance missions and special operations far behind enemy lines. In time, word of his daring adventures makes him a celebrity throughout England and the colonies. But one mission will test Rogers' men as never before and nearly cost him his life. After a ruthless surprise raid on French and Indian forces in Canada, the rangers need to trek 200 miles on foot to the nearest British fort. For weeks, the rangers are chased by enemy forces, and the men, many of whom are wounded, can't find anything to eat in the desolate wilderness. With his men facing starvation, Rogers develops an audacious plan to build a raft and float the last 60 miles down the turbulent Connecticut River to reach the fort and return with food for the remaining men.