Disc 1. Westward the course of empire -- The West in the colonial era -- Venturing beyond the Appalachians -- Discoveries of Lewis and Clark -- The fur trade and the mountain men -- Trail of tears -- Disc 2. Struggles of the Plains Indians -- Rebellious Texas and the Alamo -- Traveling the Oregon Trail -- Manifest Destiny and the Mexican War -- The California gold rush -- Bleeding Kansas and Civil War in the West -- Disc 3. Building the transcontinental railroads -- Cowboys and cattle drives -- Homesteaders on the plains -- Little Bighorn and Wounded Knee -- Life in western towns and cities -- John Wesley Powell and the desert southwest -- Disc 4. Women in the wild west -- From territories to western states -- Western violence, law, and order -- Protecting Yellowstone and Yosemite -- Mythology of the American West -- Winning the West?