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The Worst 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 Worst Episode
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    Into the Wild Frontier Season 4 Episode 6 - John Coffee Hays: A Texas Legend
    7.1/10(10 votes)

    S4:E6

    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.

    Director:Unknown
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  2. Into the Wild Frontier Season 4 Episode 2 - Jim Beckwourth: The Long Ride
    7.2/10(12 votes)

    S4:E2

    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.

    Director:Unknown
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  3. Into the Wild Frontier Season 2 Episode 5 - Joe Walker: Humble Hero
    7.5/10(17 votes)

    S2:E5

    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.

    Director:Unknown
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  4. 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.

    Director:Unknown
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  5. Into the Wild Frontier Season 2 Episode 3 - Andrew Henry: Man of His Word
    7.7/10(18 votes)

    S2:E3

    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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  6. Into the Wild Frontier Season 2 Episode 7 - Jim Clyman: Frontier Survivor
    7.7/10(19 votes)

    S2:E7

    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.

    Director:Unknown
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  7. Into the Wild Frontier Season 2 Episode 8 - William Sublette: King of the Fur Trade
    7.7/10(16 votes)

    S2:E8

    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?

    Director:Unknown
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  8. 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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  9. 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.

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  10. 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.

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  11. 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.

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  12. 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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  13. 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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  14. 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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  15. 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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  16. 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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  17. Into the Wild Frontier Season 1 Episode 6 - Tom Fitzpatrick: Trapper, Trader, Legend
    8.2/10(23 votes)

    S1:E6

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

    S1:E7

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  19. 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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  20. 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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  21. 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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  22. 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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  23. Into the Wild Frontier Season 1 Episode 4 - Lewis & Clark: Captains of Discovery
    8.4/10(32 votes)

    S1:E4

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

    S1:E8

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  25. 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.

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Worst Episodes Summary

"John Coffee Hays: A Texas Legend" is the worst rated episode of "Into the Wild Frontier". It scored 7.1/10 based on 10 votes. Directed by Unknown and written by Unknown, it aired on 4/28/2024. This episode scored 0.1 points lower than the second lowest rated, "Jim Beckwourth: The Long Ride".