9.4/105 votesLoading...#1 - Bill Hamilton: The Last Mountain Man
Season 4 Episode 3 - Aired 4/7/2024
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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- 8.8/1029 votesLoading...
#2 - Jim Bridger: Forged on the Frontier
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 2/24/2022
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- 8.7/1018 votesLoading...
#3 - Kit Carson: The Greatest Scout in the West
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 3/17/2022
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- 8.7/1015 votesLoading...
#4 - Jedediah Smith: Scholar and Survivor
Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 4/7/2022
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- 8.7/109 votesLoading...
#5 - Robert Rogers: Frontier Soldier
Season 3 Episode 8 - Aired 6/24/2023
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.
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- 8.6/1038 votesLoading...
#6 - John Colter: King of the Mountain Men
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 2/17/2022
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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- 8.6/1021 votesLoading...
#7 - Lewis & Clark: Captains of Discovery
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 3/10/2022
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- 8.6/1019 votesLoading...
#8 - Daniel Boone: Hero of Kentucky
Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 3/31/2022
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- 8.6/108 votesLoading...
#9 - Tom Fitzpatrick: Steadfast Frontiersman
Season 2 Episode 6 - Aired 3/22/2023
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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- 8.5/1011 votesLoading...
#10 - Marie Dorion: Enduring Frontier Legend
Season 2 Episode 4 - Aired 3/8/2023
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.
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- 8.4/1013 votesLoading...
#11 - Tom Fitzpatrick: Trapper, Trader, Legend
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 3/24/2022
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- 8.4/109 votesLoading...
#12 - Daniel Boone: Cunning Woodsman
Season 3 Episode 3 - Aired 5/20/2023
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.
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- 8.4/109 votesLoading...
#13 - Mason & Dixon: Trailblazing Surveyors
Season 3 Episode 4 - Aired 5/27/2023
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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- 8.3/107 votesLoading...
#14 - James Harrod: Kentucky's Founding Father
Season 3 Episode 5 - Aired 6/3/2023
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.
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Writer: Ken Pisani
- 8.3/106 votesLoading...
#15 - Christopher Gist: Unsung Hero of the First Frontier
Season 3 Episode 6 - Aired 6/10/2023
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.
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Writer: Ken Pisani
- 8.2/1024 votesLoading...
#16 - Jim Beckwourth: War Chief of the Crow
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 3/3/2022
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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- 8.1/1012 votesLoading...
#17 - Kit Carson: Fearless Fighter
Season 2 Episode 1 - Aired 2/15/2023
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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- 8.0/109 votesLoading...
#18 - William Bartram: America's First Great Naturalist
Season 3 Episode 2 - Aired 5/13/2023
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.
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- 8.0/107 votesLoading...
#19 - George Croghan: Frontier Peacemaker
Season 3 Episode 7 - Aired 6/17/2023
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.
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Writer: Ken Pisani
- 7.8/108 votesLoading...
#20 - William Sublette: King of the Fur Trade
Season 2 Episode 8 - Aired 4/5/2023
As William Sublette rises to the top of the fur trade, he revolutionizes an industry that requires daily risks on the frontier. But will he risk too much when he rushes to save his comrades in the largest battle of the mountain man era?
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- 7.7/1010 votesLoading...
#21 - Joe Meek: Cunning Captive
Season 2 Episode 2 - Aired 2/22/2023
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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- 7.6/108 votesLoading...
#22 - Joe Walker: Humble Hero
Season 2 Episode 5 - Aired 3/15/2023
Joe Walker doesn't head west to seek fame and fortune, but his trailblazing explorations across the uncharted frontier usher in a golden age of expansion and settlement that help create the United States as we know them today.
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- 7.5/1012 votesLoading...
#23 - Anne Bailey: Horseback Heroine
Season 3 Episode 1 - Aired 5/6/2023
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.
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- 7.4/109 votesLoading...
#24 - Jim Clyman: Frontier Survivor
Season 2 Episode 7 - Aired 3/29/2023
When he is separated from a trapping party, frontiersman Jim Clyman is 600 miles from the nearest fort. To survive the trek, he must put his fate in the hands of Native Americans, without knowing if they will help him or kill him on sight.
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- 7.3/107 votesLoading...
#25 - Andrew Henry: Man of His Word
Season 2 Episode 3 - Aired 3/1/2023
Though Andrew Henry has little experience when he joins the fur trade, he gives his word to complete a risky trapping expedition. As Blackfeet warriors close in, he must weigh his pledge against the lives of the men he now leads.
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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!
As America expands westward, intrepid explorers and rugged mountain men risk their lives to blaze new trails into the wild frontier.
Genres:DramaWesternDocumentary
Network:INSP
Best Episodes Summary
"Bill Hamilton: The Last Mountain Man" is the best rated episode of "Into the Wild Frontier". It scored 9.4/10 based on 5 votes. Directed by N/A and written by N/A, it aired on 4/7/2024. This episode scored 0.6 points higher than the second highest rated, "Jim Bridger: Forged on the Frontier".