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The Santa Fe Trail

from Independence, Missouri to Santa Fe, New Mexico
2003
Examines the history of the Santa Fe Trail, a nearly eight hundred mile path from Missouri to Santa Fe used primarily as a trade route in the 1800s.

Billy the Kid

1996
The life story of Billy the Kid, the outlaw of the Old West, from his childhood and participation in the Lincoln County Range War to his death at the hands of Pat Garrett.

The Grand Canyon and the Southwest

2000
Presents black and white photographs by American photographer Ansel Adams of the Grand Canyon, and images of the American Southwest with an additional selection of Adams' letters about the region.

Listening woman

1990
When an old man and a teenage girl are brutally murdered, Lieutenant Leaphorn of the Navajo Tribal Police is called in to investigate the murders.

Texas and the Far West

2003
Details the American expansion into Texas and the far west from the late eighteenth- to the mid-nineteenth century, including information on the Oregon Trail, the war with Mexico, and the California gold rush.

The tortoise and the jackrabbit

1994
Many of the animals that live in the southwestern desert witness the race between slow but steady Tortoise and the quick, overconfident Jackrabbit.

Billy the Kid

2010
Examines the life and legacy of outlaw Billy the Kid, and discusses his role in the settlement of the American West.

Mother Earth, Father Sky

Pueblo Indians of the American Southwest
1998
Discusses the culture, history, and society of the Pueblos.

Empires lost and won

the Spanish heritage in the Southwest
1997
Discusses the history of the southwestern region of the United States from the sixteenth century to the Mexican War, examining the interactions between the Spanish, Indians, and American pioneers.

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