Into the Wild Frontier: Christopher Gist: Unsung Hero of the First Frontier (insp Saturday 10 June 2023)

Into the Wild Frontier: Christopher Gist: Unsung Hero of the First Frontier airs Saturday 10 June 2023 on insp

When young George Washington was sent on a diplomatic mission to a remote French fort in the Ohio wilderness, he was accompanied by Christopher Gist, a surveyor and frontiersman who had mapped the rugged Ohio Country.

Season 3 Episode 6

Early pioneers, scouts, hunters, and traders fulfill America’s destiny to expand Westward, exploring uncharted territory to blaze new trails. While dangers of deadly predators, starvation, bad weather, and unwelcoming Native Americans linger around every corner, the promise of land and opportunity push brave men like Daniel Boone, Kit Carson, and John Colter to keep going. Within the epic adventures and survival of the early settlers lies the origins of Western lore and the creation of legends that live on forever.

Into the Wild Frontier: Christopher Gist: Unsung Hero of the First Frontier airs Saturday 10 June 2023 at 18:00 on insp

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