Click here to visit our new site --> CafeDVD 2.0 Adventures Of The Old West #1: Scouts In The Wilderness (1993) Rating: Starring: Kris Kristofferson Director: Stephen Purvis Category: Special Interest, Western Studio: Madacy Subtitles: [None] Length: 50 mins     Narrated and Containing Original Songs by Kris Kristofferson The Gold Rush, shoot-outs, cattle drives, buffalo herds, pioneers, explorers, outlaws, heroes and Indians -- the Old West had it all.But it wasn't always the way you see it portrayed in movies or books.The real Old West was filled with colorful characters, notorious rebels, courageous visionaries and others who helped forge a new character for a new country. This entertaining episode, narrated by Kris Kristofferson, shares the authentic stories of the Old West as they've never been told before.Rare archival photographs, personal diaries, letters, official documents and first-hand accounts accurately capture the great turning points of our colorful past.It's a series that shows you an Old West that's more fascinating, more moving and more captivating than you've ever seen -- and one you'll never forget. Scouts In The Wilderness: James Monroe's $15 million purchase of the Louisiana Territory in 1803 gave America 830,000 square miles of uncharted land west of the Mississippi.What was contained in this vast area was anyone's guess.The call for exploration was answered by brave adventurers, pathfinders and mountain men who led the way to a new America.Vintage maps and detailed accounts help define their trailblazing glory.Travel to uncharted territory on Lewis and Clark's pioneering trek to the Pacific; the Rocky Mountain travels of John Charles Fremont and mapmaker Carl Preuss; the first-known voyage down the Colorado River by early environmentalist John Wesley Powell and much more.