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The Best Episodes of Into the Wild Frontier

Every episode of Into the Wild Frontier ranked from best to worst. Let's dive into the Best Episodes of Into the Wild Frontier!

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As America expands westward, intrepid explorers and rugged mountain men risk their lives to blaze new trails into the wild frontier.

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
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    Into the Wild Frontier Season 1 Episode 2 - Jim Bridger: Forged on the Frontier
    8.7/10(37 votes)

    S1:E2

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    Director:Unknown
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  2. Into the Wild Frontier Season 1 Episode 5 - Kit Carson: The Greatest Scout in the West
    8.6/10(29 votes)

    S1:E5

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    Director:Unknown
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  3. Into the Wild Frontier Season 3 Episode 8 - Robert Rogers: Frontier Soldier
    8.6/10(21 votes)

    S3:E8

    Robert Rogers leads an elite fighting force of fearless rangers behind enemy lines to fight French forces in Colonial America, but one mission tests his men as never before when they must trek 200 miles through the wilderness without food.

    Director:Unknown
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  4. Into the Wild Frontier Season 4 Episode 3 - Bill Hamilton: The Last Mountain Man
    8.6/10(15 votes)

    S4:E3

    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 an epic showdown with Bannock warriors.

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  5. Into the Wild Frontier Season 1 Episode 1 - John Colter: King of the Mountain Men
    8.4/10(50 votes)

    S1:E1

    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.

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  6. Into the Wild Frontier Season 1 Episode 4 - Lewis & Clark: Captains of Discovery
    8.4/10(32 votes)

    S1:E4

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  7. Into the Wild Frontier Season 1 Episode 8 - Jedediah Smith: Scholar and Survivor
    8.4/10(24 votes)

    S1:E8

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  8. Into the Wild Frontier Season 2 Episode 4 - Marie Dorion: Enduring Frontier Legend
    8.4/10(21 votes)

    S2:E4

    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.

    Director:Unknown
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  9. Into the Wild Frontier Season 3 Episode 5 - James Harrod: Kentucky's Founding Father
    8.4/10(19 votes)

    S3:E5

    When frontiersman James Harrod founds Harrod's Town on Native American hunting grounds, he soon finds his new settlement under attack. His leadership is tested as he defends the first European settlement west of the Appalachian Mountains.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Ken Pisani

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  10. Into the Wild Frontier Season 4 Episode 5 - Joe Meek: A Fearless Fighter
    8.4/10(12 votes)

    S4:E5

    Already a seasoned mountain man, Joe Meek has a reputation for raw courage and bravery among the trappers of the west. But Meek becomes a frontier legend when he risks his life in a fearless charge to save the woman that he loves from Crow warriors.

    Director:Unknown
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  11. Into the Wild Frontier Season 1 Episode 6 - Tom Fitzpatrick: Trapper, Trader, Legend
    8.2/10(23 votes)

    S1:E6

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  12. Into the Wild Frontier Season 1 Episode 7 - Daniel Boone: Hero of Kentucky
    8.2/10(28 votes)

    S1:E7

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  13. Into the Wild Frontier Season 2 Episode 6 - Tom Fitzpatrick: Steadfast Frontiersman
    8.2/10(19 votes)

    S2:E6

    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.

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  14. Into the Wild Frontier Season 3 Episode 4 - Mason & Dixon: Trailblazing Surveyors
    8.2/10(19 votes)

    S3:E4

    Astronomers Charles Mason and Jeremiah Dixon brave deadly terrain and hostile Native Americans to resolve a border dispute in Colonial America. With science and courage, they survey their famous Mason-Dixon Line with pinpoint accuracy.

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  15. Into the Wild Frontier Season 4 Episode 1 - Jim Baker: A Born Leader
    8.2/10(15 votes)

    S4:E1

    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 and attacked by Cheyenne and Arapaho warriors, Baker proves that he is also a leader.

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  16. Into the Wild Frontier Season 1 Episode 3 - Jim Beckwourth: War Chief of the Crow
    8.1/10(32 votes)

    S1:E3

    In an epic 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.

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  17. Into the Wild Frontier Season 2 Episode 1 - Kit Carson: Fearless Fighter
    8.1/10(21 votes)

    S2:E1

    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.

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  18. Into the Wild Frontier Season 3 Episode 6 - Christopher Gist: Unsung Hero of the First Frontier
    8.1/10(17 votes)

    S3:E6

    After successfully mapping the rugged Ohio Country, frontiersman and surveyor Christopher Gist is hired to lead a young George Washington on a perilous diplomatic journey to deliver an ultimatum to the French forces in the Ohio wilderness.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Ken Pisani

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  19. Into the Wild Frontier Season 3 Episode 7 - George Croghan: Frontier Peacemaker
    8.1/10(17 votes)

    S3:E7

    When Chief Pontiac organizes a coalition of Native American tribes to attack British forts, frontier trader George Croghan risks his life on a perilous journey into the wilderness to find Pontiac and attempt to negotiate a peace agreement.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Ken Pisani

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  20. Into the Wild Frontier Season 3 Episode 3 - Daniel Boone: Cunning Woodsman
    8.0/10(19 votes)

    S3:E3

    Legendary frontiersman Daniel Boone faces the biggest challenge of his life when the Shawnee take him as their prisoner. If he can't escape, he won't be able to warn the settlement of Boonesborough, and his family, of a looming attack.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Ken Pisani

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  21. Into the Wild Frontier Season 3 Episode 2 - William Bartram: America's First Great Naturalist
    7.9/10(19 votes)

    S3:E2

    Naturalist William Bartram risks his life exploring the unmapped regions of the South to document the native fauna and flora. Over thousands of miles of terrain, he faces hostile Native Americans, dangerous wildlife, and deadly disease.

    Director:Unknown
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  22. Into the Wild Frontier Season 4 Episode 4 - Lucien Maxwell: Legend of New Mexico
    7.9/10(11 votes)

    S4:E4

    Having explored the frontier with his good friend Kit Carson, Lucien Maxwell is eager to settle down with his family. But before he can establish a ranching empire in New Mexico, Maxwell must first survive a deadly clash with the Jicarilla Apache.

    Director:Unknown
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  23. Into the Wild Frontier Season 3 Episode 1 - Anne Bailey: Horseback Heroine
    7.8/10(23 votes)

    S3:E1

    After Anne Bailey's husband is killed by Native Americans, she defies the social norms of the frontier and becomes a horseback courier, risking her life to deliver vital supplies to isolated forts and settlements.

    Director:Unknown
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  24. Into the Wild Frontier Season 4 Episode 7 - John Mullan: Roadbuilder of the West
    7.8/10(10 votes)

    S4:E7

    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 the hardships of the frontier and a dangerous encounter with Yakima warriors.

    Director:Unknown
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  25. Into the Wild Frontier Season 2 Episode 2 - Joe Meek: Cunning Captive
    7.7/10(17 votes)

    S2:E2

    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.

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Best Episodes Summary

"Jim Bridger: Forged on the Frontier" is the best rated episode of "Into the Wild Frontier". It scored 8.7/10 based on 37 votes. Directed by Unknown and written by Unknown, it aired on 2/24/2022. This episode scored 0.1 points higher than the second highest rated, "Kit Carson: The Greatest Scout in the West".