Kevin Costner's the West Oregon Trails (Season 1, Episode 3)
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TV Episode | 42 min | Documentary, Biography, History

Kevin Costner's the West

Oregon Trails (Season 1, Episode 3)

TV-PG

TV Episode | 42 min | Documentary, Biography, History

Missionaries Marcus and Narcissa Whitman settle by the Columbia River to convert the Cayuse. Cultural clashes and a measles outbreak increase tensions, leading to a fateful confrontation.

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12 cast members

Name	Known for
Kevin Costner Self - Host Self - Host See fewer	The Postman (1997)
H.W. Brands Self - Author, Dreams of El Dorado: A History of the American West Self - Author, Dreams of El Dorado: A History of the American West See fewer	The Titans That Built America (2021)
Virginia Scharff Self - Author, Home Lands: How Women Made the West Self - Author, Home Lands: How Women Made the West See fewer	Divided Highways: The Interstates and the Transformation of American Life (1997)
Peter Stark Self - Author, Astoria Self - Author, Astoria See fewer	Washington (2020)
Roberta Conner Self - Member of the Confederated Tribes of Umatilla: Director of Tamástslikt Cultural Institute Self - Member of the Confederated Tribes of Umatilla: Director of Tamástslikt Cultural Institute See fewer	Occupied Cascadia (2012)
Chris Enss Self - Author, West Went the World: Women Evangelists Self - Author, West Went the World: Women Evangelists See fewer	Mr. Pettigrew (2024)
Blaine Harden Self - Author, Murder at the Mission: A Frontier Killing Self - Author, Murder at the Mission: A Frontier Killing See fewer	Kevin Costner's the West (2025)
Yohuru Williams Self - Professor of History: University of St. Thomas Self - Professor of History: University of St. Thomas See fewer	Those About to Die (2024)
Doris Kearns Goodwin Self - Pulitzer Prize-Winning Presidential Historian Self - Pulitzer Prize-Winning Presidential Historian See fewer	Lincoln (2012)
Clay Jenkinson Self - Author, The Character of Meriwether Lewis Self - Author, The Character of Meriwether Lewis See fewer	The American Buffalo (2023)
Christy Coleman Self - Public Historian Self - Public Historian See fewer	Harriet (I) (2019)
Elliott West Self - Author, Continental Reckoning Self - Author, Continental Reckoning See fewer	The American Buffalo (2023)