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One Sky Above Us

Season 1996 Episode 9 | 1hr 02m 58s

As the 20th century neared, Americans celebrated with the World Columbian Exposition, where they were told that the frontier had closed – symbolized by one state proudly displaying an entire heard of buffalo – stuffed. But in the real West, for every frontier story that ended, another one began.

Aired: 09/14/96
Extras
As settlers race to claim tribal lands, Native Americans take up the Ghost Dance.
Newcomers arrive by the millions, bringing a spirit of conformity to the West.
The federal government tightens its grip on the West.
A triumph of the human spirit, the transcontinental railroad opens a new era in the West.
Civil war comes early to the West.
The Gold Rush brings the whole world to the West.
Americans head west along many pathways.
The West begins as the whole world to the people who live there. It becomes a New World.
The terrain of the West has always beckoned and repelled.
The utilization of horses changed the way of life for Native American people forever.