Multimedia Collection
Empire Upon the Trails
(The West series)
VHS
84 minutes
F591 .E4641 1996
In the early 1800's, no one knew who would control the seemingly infinite spaces of the West. But hopeful Americans began moving there nevertheless, and the individual trails they followed eventually merged into the single path of "Manifest Destiny."
Mountain men, such as the legendary Joe Meek, found more adventure than profit as they scoured the uncharted Rockies for furs. Missionaries such as Narcissa Whitman left the safety and friendship of home to travel west for a self-assured quest to "save" a race of people who never considered themselves lost. In Mexican Texas, Sam Houston seized the chance of a lifetime and carved out his own, independent republic. And the Virginia family of Henry Sager, accustomed to following the restless dream of better times over the next horizon, set out on the Oregon Trail - then nearly destroyed itself struggling to reach the continent's farthest shore.
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