Into the Wild Frontier - Season 1

Under direct orders from President Thomas Jefferson, Meriwether Lewis and William Clark lead the first expedition of its kind through the uncharted frontier. In hopes of reaching the Pacific Ocean, Lewis and Clark's team travels by boat up the Missouri River, but the waters become too shallow to cross the Rocky Mountains. With no way to travel by land with their supplies, Lewis and Clark rely on a young Shoshone woman named Sacagawea who is accompanying them on the expedition to communicate with the Shoshone tribe and set up a trade for the horses that they need to cross the Rocky Mountains before winter and successfully reach the Pacific Ocean.

The story behind America's first mountain man. When Lewis and Clark's infamous expedition comes to an end, their hunter, John Colter, makes a brave decision to continue venturing through the untamed West on his own, finding work as a guide, hunter, and trapper along the way. Entranced by the beauty and adventure of the unexplored land, Colter is the first Anglo-American to set his sights on the West's most breathtaking landscape, including the Grand Tetons and Yellowstone Valley. But, sprinkled throughout every adventure lies danger, and while trapping beaver in Native American territory, the Blackfeet tribe captures him. Stripped down to nothing and forced to run for his life while the toughest warriors chase him in what would later go down in history as "Colter's Run," he overcomes the impossible and cements himself as an American legend.

A young Jim Bridger joins William Ashley's trapping expedition hoping that the untamed West will bring fortune and adventure. With a photographic memory, Jim quickly catches the attention of seasoned explorers. But when a rescue mission leaves fellow trapper and hunter Hugh Glass fighting for his life after a vicious grizzly bear attack, Jim Bridger's morality is put to the test. As the hostile Arikara warriors close in, Bridger must decide between staying by the side of a dying man or fleeing to safety, and his decision will eventually come back to haunt him.

A young Jedediah Smith joins William Ashley's expedition and helps establish the fur trade along the Missouri River, but it's not hunting or trapping he longs for...it's adventure. Inspired by Lewis and Clark, he wants to explore the vast, uncharted American frontier. Trekking through unknown and unforgiving terrain, Smith's iron will and unwavering courage under fire help him survive a vicious grizzly bear attack, hostile Native Americans, and life-or-death periods of starvation, dehydration, and exhaustion. During his incredible journeys, he becomes the first non-Native American to cross the Mojave Desert into California, the first to navigate through the perilous Sierra Nevada Mountains, and the first to traverse the Great Basin Desert. He ultimately sees more of the American West than any other adventurer, including Lewis and Clark, and opens the frontier in a way that no other mountain man can claim.

Although from humble beginnings, Tom Fitzpatrick is ambitious and intelligent. When he joins up with William Ashley's trapping expedition, he proves himself to be an invaluable member of the company, both as a hardy frontiersman and a shrewd businessman. Along with legendary mountain man Jedediah Smith, Fitzpatrick rediscovers the South Pass through the Rocky Mountains, opening the pathway that will enable western expansion for decades to come. Fitzpatrick quickly rises to the top of the fur trade and eventually takes over the company he once worked for, but he nearly loses everything when he takes a wrong turn while leading a supply train. Alone in the wilderness, he finds himself in a deadly game of cat-and-mouse with a band of Gros Ventre warriors. Somehow, Fitzpatrick must survive the harrowing trek back to safety without a horse, gun, or supplies.