Into the Wild Frontier

I enjoyed the historical re-enactments as well as the discussions by historians and university professors. A miniseries on INSP that is much better than anything on cable or network TV, it depicts real people in the American west and is both entertaining and educational. Sad that comic book heroes are glorified on TV instead of these actual American heroes who played a large part in civilizing the American West. I grew up watching westerns on TV and the shows on now and the movies produced by Hollywood are mostly dreadful.

I'd love to see more shows like this one - good acting by young attractive unknown actors and a well done series.

Loved the series. Particularly liked the settings. HOWEVER!!! I really want to ask about the Bigfoot in the background in season 2, the Andrew Henry episode. At the 14:40 mark a large hairy beast can be seen in the background moving into the trees. Right side of the frame. I have played this many times and after viewing the fuzzy image so many times, it is either an effective ruse or a genuine siting.

Question: Was that just a dressed up crew member playing a joke or was it an actual siting?????? Where was it filmed? (Looks like the Pacific NW?) Can someone send me a note at FB and fill me in about my inquiry? I would just love to know.. Thanks. OR better yet, place the answer on your next bulk email.

All-in-all it was enjoyable, and got most of the main points it was trying to tell. The attention to detail was terrible as others have mentioned (fat Native Americans with saddled horses, Jemimah Boone having her hair combed with something you could buy at Walmart, Kit Carson fixing his fence with a claw hammer bought from Lowes/Home Depot, etc.) I did learn about some things I didn't know, but I was a little disappointed about it missing some things I did know. For example, Daniel Boone's escape from a British-backed Shawnee war party during the American Revolution in order to run 4 marathons in 4 days barefoot while avoiding being tracked so that he could warn Boonsborough of the pending attack wasn't even mentioned. Additionally, there was far more to Jim Bridger than just leaving Hugh Glass behind as a youngster (especially since it's uncertain that it was even him). Episode 2 should have been about Hugh Glass and another episode dedicated to Bridger (Hugh Glass was the real-life man upon whom The Revenant and Man in the Wilderness is based).

Its worth a watch, but it's also worth looking into the rest of the stories.

I've enjoyed watching the first a few episodes. Good stories, well acted. But I do wonder where the Indians, living in middle of nowhere, with little to no contact with white men, get all those rifles., gun power, musket balls and saddles. Secondly, many of their horses bridles have modern steel bits. One scene had two horses wearing halters which appeared to be made of modern braded nylon. There has been a lot of attention paid to story detail so I was surprised to see these pretty obvious errors.

Good stories. We need more programs like this showing history, not just "shoot em up" Hollywood westerns.

"Into The Wild Frontier" is a fantastic show. The cinematography is excellent with the beautiful wilderness background. Finally, a good series with historical accounts. Truth is better than fiction. I don't have faith of it continuing with such little information concerning it's future. It was on one minute and then GONE with no advertising for more episodes. Not good at all with the marketing.