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.

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.

Jim Beckwourth lives a life of adventure as a trapper, trader and adopted member of the Crow tribe. When America goes to war, Beckwourth becomes an army dispatch rider, a job that puts him and a young greenhorn on a collision course with the Pawnee.

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.

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.

A Tennessee native, John Coffee Hays heads to the frontier of Texas in the 1830s and signs on as an early member of the Texas Rangers. In 1844, Hays becomes a legend when he leads a small band of rangers in a desperate fight with the Comanche.

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.