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Explore the locations made famous by such characters as Billy the Kid, Wyatt Earp, Annie Oakley and more in "The West" collection, coming to AMERICAN EXPERIENCE in January 2012.
American Experience: On June 26, 1876, near the Little Bighorn River in Montana Territory, Gen George Armstrong Custer ordered his soldiers to drive back a large army of Lakota and Cheyenne warriors. [CUSTER'S LAST STAND]
American Experience: On July 14, 1881, 21-year-old Henry McCarty, alias Billy the Kid, was gunned down by an ambitious sheriff. The felling of one of the most notorious criminals of the age was instantly national news.
American Experience: Tensions between Wyatt Earp and the Cowboys explode in the famous Gunfight at the OK Corral. http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/timeline/wyatt/
American Experience: In 1909, Geronimo told his nephew, “I should never have surrendered. I should have fought until I was the last man alive.” http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/weshallremain/the_films/episode_4_about
American Experience: In 1926, just a few months before her death, Will Rogers described Annie Oakley as "the greatest woman rifle shot the world has ever produced." http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/oakley/
American Experience: On September 7, 1876, Jesse James led a group of eight bandits into Northfield to rob the First National Bank. His most ambitious operation would end in the greatest disaster.