Bushcraft expert and survivalist Ray Mears explores the awe-inspiring landscape of that shaped the story of the Wild West. ... Discover how extraordinary topography, extreme weather and ecology presented both great opportunity and even greater challenges for Native Americans and early pioneers of the Wild West.
DirectorPhil Coles
CreatorRay Mears
Mountains
May 8, 2016
How the landscapes of America's three great mountain ranges - the Appalachians, the Rockies and the Sierra Nevada - challenged the westward push of the early pioneers.
Great Plains
May 15, 2016
Ray Mears finds out how 500,000 square miles of flat, treeless grassland was the setting for Wild West stories of Indians, wagon trains, homesteaders and cattle drives.
Deserts
May 22, 2016
Ray Mears looks at how the landscapes of America's five great deserts, from the Great Basin desert to Arizona's Sonoran desert, challenged the westward push of the pioneers.
