
All Episodes of The Real West
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This documentary series shows stories of how the real West was created and separates fact from fiction.
Season 1
7.8/1013 votesThe Battle of the Alamo
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 9/24/1992
Davy Crockett, Jim Bowie, and William Bennet Travis were heroes of the frontier, whose colorful careers made them symbols of the American Spirit. The Battle of the Alamo examines the impulsive heroics, the fatal miscalculations, and the vain ambitions of three men out to carve their marks into American Folklore
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N/A/100 votesThe Dalton Gang
Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 10/22/1992
“The Dalton Gang,” good guys turned bad who went from being U.S. marshals to robbing banks and trains. Their banditry ended in 1892 in Coffeyville, Kan., where four gang members were killed during an attempt to rob two banks in one day.
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N/A/100 votesGeronimo: The Last Renegade
Season 1 Episode 14 - Aired 12/3/1992
Biography of Geronimo, the legendary Chiricahua Apache leader who refused to let his people be placed on a reservation and fought the US Army and local Arizona residents for many years in the late 1800s. He even raided into Mexico, terrorizing the population and battling Mexican troops.
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N/A/100 votesWild, Wild Women
Season 1 Episode 16 - Aired 12/17/1992
The wild women of the Old West weren't prissy little frontier fillies. They staked their claim to Western legend with a style all their own. Problem is, history leans to the male gunslingers and Indian fighters. In Wild Women, America's folklore heroines get their just rewards.
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