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- 1. The People (1500s-1806) Sep 15, 1996
- The story of the American West opens with the native peoples and the conquering Europeans.
- 2. Empire Upon the Trails (1806-1848) Sep 16, 1996
- Americans in the early 1800s see their Manifest Destiny in the West.
- 3. The Speck of the Future (1848-1856) Sep 17, 1996
- A sawmill worker discovers gold in California in 1848, sparking a mass westward exodus.