Season 4

Already a seasoned mountain man, Joe Meek has a reputation for courage and bravery among the trappers of the west. But Meek will become a frontier legend when he risks his life to save the woman that he loves from a Crow war party.

Young Army officer John Mullan heads west to help establish an important wagon route through the Northern Rockies. But, before he can build his road, Mullan must survive a dangerous encounter with the Yakima in Washington Territory.

A Tennessee native, John Coffee Hays heads to the frontier of Texas in the 1830s and signs on as an early member of the Texas Rangers. In 1844, Hays becomes a legend when he leads a band of rangers in a desperate fight with the Comanche.

Having explored the frontier with his friend Kit Carson, Lucien Maxwell is eager to settle down with his family. But before he can establish a ranch in New Mexico, Maxwell must first survive a deadly clash with the Jicarilla Apache.

Coming of age on the frontier, young Bill Hamilton joins Old Bill Williams on an epic adventure during the final days of the fur trade. The last true mountain man, Hamilton's courage is tested when he faces a massive Bannock war party.

After a life of adventure as a trapper and trader in the west, frontiersman Jim Beckwourth becomes an Army dispatch rider. While carrying messages down the Santa Fe Trail, Beckwourth and a young companion face a showdown with the Pawnee.

Heading west as a young adventurer, greenhorn Jim Baker quickly develops a reputation as a skilled marksman and mountain man. When a party of trappers is surrounded by Cheyenne and Arapaho warriors, Baker proves that he is also a leader.