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- Profiles of notable figures in American history, through dramatic re-enactments, interviews with descendants and historians, and archival photographs.
- A profile of Jesse James.
- A profile of John Henry "Doc" Holliday includes the gunfight at the O.K. corral.
- A profile of James Butler "Wild Bill" Hickok features his reputation as a marksman and penchant for gambling.
- A profile of Christopher Houston "Kit" Carson (1809-68) explores his reputation as a mountain man, wilderness guide and Army officer.
- A profile of Davy Crockett (1786-1836), a frontiersman, politician and folk hero, who died at the Battle of the Alamo.
- A profile of Black Bart, a notorious stagecoach robber in the Old West.
- A profile of Billy the Kid, a New York City native who became an outlaw in the Old West in the 1870s.
- A profile of George Armstrong Custer, a Civil War commander in the Union Army, who later died at the Battle of Little Big Horn in 1876.
- A profile of Bass Reeves (1838-1910), a former slave who became a deputy U.S. marshal and is thought to be the inspiration for the Lone Ranger.
- A profile of Robert Leroy Parker and Harry Alonzo Longabaugh, a pair of notorious Old West outlaws, who were immortalized in the Oscar-nominated 1969 film, Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969).
- 2015–8.2 (35)TV EpisodeThe story behind the Sons of Liberty and how they started the fight for American Independence, leading to the infamous Boston Massacre.
- Lawyer John Adams represents the British soldiers involved in the Boston Massacre in 1770; colonists protest the Tea Act of 1773; the American Revolution begins in April, 1775 at the Battles of Lexington and Concord.
- 2015–8.6 (29)TV EpisodeA profile of Benjamin Franklin includes his frequent trips to Europe; influence in the Second Continental Congress; and role in the American Revolution.
- 2015–8.7 (29)TV EpisodeGeorge Washington's exploits as commander of the Continental Army, including his first victory in Boston and subsequent defeat in New York, are examined.
- 2015–8.7 (20)TV EpisodeThomas Jefferson becomes the primary author of the Declaration of Independence, which is used as a rallying cry by George Washington for his troops, during a desperate 1776 campaign to keep New York from falling into British hands.
- 2015–8.3 (25)TV EpisodeBenedict Arnold goes from a respected Continental Army general to America's most notorious traitor, thanks to his plot to surrender West Point to the British and switch sides.
- 2015–8.5 (16)TV EpisodeA profile of Francis Marion, a South Carolina militia officer, known for his guerrilla tactics that frustrated and tormented the occupying British army.
- 2015–8.6 (15)TV EpisodeAmerica is a sovereign nation after the Revolution but is beset by squatting factions and financial debt. George Washington comes out of retirement and is elected president and works to guarantee the rights for which he and his comrades fought so hard.
- 2015–8.6 (17)TV EpisodeThe season finale chronicles the dawn of the 19th century, under two-term President Thomas Jefferson and the duel between his vice president, Aaron Burr, and one of his chief rivals, Alexander Hamilton, in 1804.
- 2015– TV-MA3.4 (73)TV EpisodeGeorge Washington leads his men across the icy Delaware River into a bloody, barefoot march to Trenton and the brutal Hessian fighters who await them.
- Black slaves join the Continental Army in the fight for independence.
- Spotlighting radical abolitionist John Brown, as he raids Harper's Ferry, setting the scene for the Civil War.
- Abraham Lincoln becomes frustrated with his cautious commander, George McClellan, whose army gets routed at Manassas, Va.; Confederate Gen. "Stonewall" Jackson earns his nickname.
- Robert E. Lee, who once turned down command of Northern forces, becomes the top Confederate general; Ulysses S. Grant scores Union victories in the West.
- Former slave Frederick Douglass pushes President Abraham Lincoln to free his people; Lincoln issues the Emancipation Proclamation, after the bloody Battle of Antietam.