Early Years of USA & Canada

George Arliss as first Secretary of the Treasury of the US

Jefferson's experiences as French ambassador along with his love life

Black female lover of Thomas Jefferson

Lewis and Clark expedition to explore the west of the USA

U.S.A. sends Major Thomas Blake on a secret mission when the Bey of Tripoli starts demanding tribute from American merchant ships

US Marines battle Barbary pirates in 1805

Silent movie; 1807, Robert Fulton and his steamboat run into some nasty opposition

Dolly Payne Todd is torn between Aaron Burr and James Madison

A mutiny on a ship is motivated by greed to get the gold France has given the USA to help their fight against the British in the War of 1812

East German film of famed warrior Tecumseh (1768-1813) battling the Americans in the northwest frontier

Pirate-hero Jean Lafitte, who aids American cause in Battle of New Orleans, War of 1812

Andrew Jackson relies for help in the Battle of New Orleans on the pirate Lafitte

Persecution of the Cajuns/Creole culture in the South

Andrew Jackson criticized for his wife with a past

A relationship between John Eaton and the innkeeper's daughter results in trouble for both of them and President Andrew Jackson

Trouble for Napoleon exiles in Demopolis, Alabama

Early settlement in Ohio

Building of the first transcontinental telegraph system; Robert Young

1840s development of alternative to the US Post Office

Mountain man who had his own personal war with the Crows

Story of mountain men who led many of the settlers into the West

In 1864 mountain man Jim Bridger builds the Bridger Trail from Wyoming to the gold fields in Montana

Refugees from destitution from Ireland and England head for St. Johns, Canada, but land up in a little place called Random, Canada

East German film of famed warrior Tecumseh (1768-1813) battling the Americans in the northwest frontier and in Canada

Story of the wife of Mormon founder Joseph Smith

Brigham Young leads the Mormons (Latter Day Saints) out to today's Salt Lake City, Utah

Brigham Young leads the Mormons (Latter Day Saints) out to today's Salt Lake City, Utah

Mountain Meadows Massacre of 1857 in which Mormons massacre a wagon train of settlers

Man marries a Mormon woman and becomes part of the ill-fated journey of Martin Handcart Company in 1856 heading to Salt Lake valley, in which 150 people died of cold and starvation

Prosecution of Mormons for polygamy in the Edmunds Tucker Act of 1887

History of Texas from its settlement via Stephen Austin to statehood

Very good mini-series of Texas fight for independence after the Alamo and focusing on Sam Huston and formation of the Texas Rangers

Jim Bowie and the Alamo

TV series based on the life of Jim Bowie

1836

A teenager watches the courage of Col. Travis at the Alamo

Irish Americans mistreated in the US army go over to the Mexican side

Battle of the Alamo and Battle of San Jacinto

Based on life of Sam Houston (starring Joel McCrea)

Story of Sam Houston (including battle at the Alamo and the battle of San Jacinto)

Sam Houston of Texas

A very wrong version of the history of the Republic of Texas, so not really worth reviewing; with Clark Gable & Ava Gardner

The last three days in the life of Santa Anna (1794-1876)

During age of the Texas Republic, Texans attack the Comanche and the Mexicans; part of the Lonesome Dove mini-series; 1840s

Gus & Woodrow as Texas rangers fighting the Comanche during days of the Texas Republic; 1840s; Lone Dove mini-series

1870s Texas

Joaquin Murrieta in California seeks revenge on the men who killed his wife and brother (possible source for Zorro character)

Silent movie about conflict between Spanish Rancheros and American immigrants from the USA in California

A Spanish woman is going to California to marry a Spanish officer, but instead falls in love with an American

TV mini-series about John Charles Frémont, pathfinder, explorer, fighter for California's independence, ran twice for President of the USA on the Republican ticket

Army scout, guide for explorer Frémont, 1843-1846, fighter for California independence and conqueror of the Navajo

A twelve episode serial

American army captain in 1815 Florida (then under Spanish control) must save his brother

Seminole Indians on warpath in early 19th c Florida

Seminole Indians and help from a cavalry officer

Teenaged Mark Twain out West during the "Gold Rush" days

Tourist adventures