==Ken Burns The West (1996) Part 2 Empire Upon The Trails (1806-1848)==


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The West stretches from the Mississippi to the Pacific Ocean, from the northern plains to the Rio Grande -- more than two million square miles of the most extraordinary landscape on earth.

It is a land of broad rivers and vast deserts, deep canyons and impenetrable mountains, boundless prairies and endless forests, a place where towering monoliths and boiling waters rise naturally from the earth. 

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**Episode 2: Empire Upon the Trails**

Americans head west along many pathways -- following the fur trade into the mountains, fighting for self-determination in Texas, seeking religious freedom in Utah or a better life along the Oregon Trail. But whatever direction they travel, they move closer with every step to a “Manifest Destiny” that will make the West their own. 

==See Also==

{{http://www.pbs.org/weta/thewest/program/episodes/|PBS The West}}

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