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Industrial Expansion West and Its Impact

After the Civil War, Americans set out with renewed energy to unite the East and West. They built railroads to span the continent, opening up vast areas for homesteaders and connecting distant metropolitan markets to domestic crops and cattle. The effect on the environment, the bison, and the Plains Indians was catastrophic.
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Clip Season 1 Episode 1 Length 08:52 Premiere: 10/16/23

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Season 1 Episodes

Into the Storm
S1 E2 Length 1:59:04 Premiere Date 10/16/23

Blood Memory
S1 E1 Length 1:56:55 Premiere Date 10/16/23

Surprising Facts About the Buffalo
Clip Length 09:40 Premiere Date 10/16/23

Industrial Expansion West and Its Impact
Clip Length 08:52 Premiere Date 10/16/23

A Legacy of Broken Promises
Clip Length 10:24 Premiere Date 10/16/23

Why Is Destruction Part of Our Story?
Clip Length 09:59 Premiere Date 10/16/23

Official Trailer
Preview Length 00:30 Premiere Date 10/16/23

Behind the Scenes | Making The American Buffalo
Preview Length 06:31 Premiere Date 10/16/23

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Episode One: Blood Memory - S1 E1

Explore the dramatic story of how America's national mammal, which sustained the lives of Native people, was driven to the brink of extinction. Ken Burns recounts the tragic collision of two opposing views of the natural world.

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