Hardships of Travel by Wagon Train

This shows provides the backdrop or history of the Dutton Family from the TV show Yellowstone. It provides reasons why the people who traveled by wagon train to settle in the west developed strong passions for the land and for their families. The show emotes grit, perseverance, and grief - mixed in with some beautiful thought provoking narration. It is well written with the main character, played by Isabel May as the oldest Dutton daughter, providing a narrative that in many cases is very poetic. It’s hard to write wokeness into a TV show written for 1883, but they managed to do that several times - but the overall saga remained in focus (not the wokeness). After watching this series, I came away with a greater appreciation for most of the human beings that lived through this era, life was not easy and people died on a regular basis. Sam Elliott does a great job as the old and wise trail boss. I would recommend this to adult viewers only, there is graphic violence, some nudity, and rough language.