Was the Wild West Really Wild? | What Really Happened: America's Wild West MEGA Episode

What was it like in America's Wild West? National Geographic goes back in time into the history of America's Wild West. This America's Wild West MEGA episode examines the start of manifest destiny and the gold rush that sent people out west, to the railroad boom and cultural clashes, and finally,...

171 min - History - National Geographic

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