America's Wild West: A Catastrophic Frontier | What Really Happened

As the frontier expands past the Mississippi, the U.S. appetite for free land collides with the country’s native inhabitants in catastrophic ways. What Really Happened: America's Wild West | S1, E2 Watch more Lost Cities Revealed With Albert Lin on Disney+: Watch more Trafficked with Marianna Van...

44 min - History - National Geographic

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