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03x11 The Slavers Aired: Apr. 23, 1979

After girls are kidnapped and disappear, Josh and Zeb ride to Mexico to uncover a white slavery outfit that grabs them in the territories and … [continue reading]

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How the West Was Won is Canceled/Ended
The show had 3 seasons and 25 episodes air between 1978 and 1979.

Series Info

Type:
Scripted
Premiered:
Feb. 12, 1978
Status:
Canceled/Ended
Runtime:
60 min.
Aired:
1978 - 1979
To-Date:
3 Seasons
25 Episodes
Network
ABC TV Network
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  • Luke and Josh Macahan were called Seth and Jed in the pilot.
  • The Russian hunting expedition that serves as the basis for conflict with the Sioux tribes of the Dakotas in the miniseries, is based on the actual highly publicized state visit to the United…
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    The Russian hunting expedition that serves as the basis for conflict with the Sioux tribes of the Dakotas in the miniseries, is based on the actual highly publicized state visit to the United States by Grand Duke Alexei Alexandrovich of Russia in 1871-72. The miniseries fictionalizes the historic meeting between the Sioux, the visiting Russians and their US Army hosts, into fabricated subplots of hostility and violence that devolve into a melodramatic tale of poaching, kidnapping, murder, political crisis, warfare and genocide before the absurdity reaches its climax with a ritual suicide. Thankfully, history records a far more benign encounter with the Sioux during the Grand Duke's visit. US Army preparations for the hunt were conducted well in advance of the Russian hunting expedition. The assistance of William "Buffalo" Cody was employed in negotiations with the Sioux. Rather than being itinerant poachers on Sioux lands as portrayed in the miniseries, the US government provided the Sioux tribes under Chief Spotted Tail with a wagon train containing tons of coffee, sugar, tobacco and other provisions in exchange for the use of the Sioux hunting grounds. Spotted Tail and hundreds of warriors greeted the expedition at the expedition's camp and received the Grand Duke and his party as guests of the Sioux nation. Not only did the Sioux approve of the hunt, they participated in it, being eager to demonstrate their style of horsemanship and marksmanship to the "great white chief from across the water".
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