Special Features
- General Article: Darwinism and the American West
- Photo Gallery: Dinosaurs by Charles R. Knight
- Primary Resources: Darwin's Letter to Marsh
- Map, interactive: Dinosaur Bones in America
- Biography: O.C. Marsh and E.D. Cope: A Rivalry
- Primary Resources: Searching for Fossils
In the late 19th century, paleontologists Edward Cope and O.C. Marsh uncovered the remains of hundreds of prehistoric animals in the American West, including dozens of previously undiscovered dinosaur species. But the rivalry that developed between them would spiral out of control, permanently damaging their careers and threatening the future of American paleontology.
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Wyatt Earp
A central figure in the narrative of how the west was won, Wyatt Earp and his story became an American legend. Part of the Wild West collection.
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Alone on the Ice
In 1934, American polar explorer Richard Byrd became the first to experience winter in Antarctica's interior.
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The Mormons
From Joseph Smith's discovery of gold tablets to persecution, migration, and settlement in Utah, the film explores the history of the most American of religions.
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Kit Carson
The ultimate frontiersman, Carson inspired popular novels before being associated with the "Long Walk" of the Navajo people.
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The Great Famine
The American effort to relieve starvation in Soviet Russia in 1921 during the worst natural disaster in Europe in 500 years.
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Lost in the Grand Canyon
John Wesley Powell's epic journey into the unknown Grand Canyon was filled with adventure as his team mapped the Colorado River for the first time.
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Billy the Kid
The boy behind the myth, who in just a few short years transformed himself from a skinny orphan to the most feared man in the West and an enduring icon. Part of The Wild West collection.
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