Kevin Costner's the West Johnson County Wars (Season 1, Episode 8)
TV-14
TV Episode | 43 min | Documentary, Biography, History

Kevin Costner's the West

Johnson County Wars (Season 1, Episode 8)

TV-14

TV Episode | 43 min | Documentary, Biography, History

In the fertile expanse of Northern Wyoming's Powder River Valley, a group of small-time ranchers led by Nate Champion band together to protect their rights to graze cattle on the open range.

Director

Austin Peters

Producer

Chris Bongirne

Cinematographers

Jacques Naude | Claudia Raschke | Ian Rigby

Editor

Douglas Moxon

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Release date

Jun 30, 2025 (United States)

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15 cast members

Name	Known for
Kevin Costner Self - Host Self - Host See fewer	The Postman (1997)
Marilynn Johnson Self - Research Professor of History: Boston College Self - Research Professor of History: Boston College See fewer	Kevin Costner's the West (2025)
Stephen Aron Self - President & CEO: Autry Museum of the American West Self - President & CEO: Autry Museum of the American West See fewer	Kevin Costner's the West (2025)
Edward T. O'Donnell Self - Historian: College of the Holy Cross Self - Historian: College of the Holy Cross See fewer	Hazardous History with Henry Winkler (2025)
Douglas Brinkley Self - Author, The Wilderness Warrior Self - Author, The Wilderness Warrior See fewer	The Rosa Parks Story (2002)
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)
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 American West (2016)
Elliott West Self - Author, Continental Reckoning Self - Author, Continental Reckoning See fewer	Kevin Costner's the West (2025)
Peter Stark Self - Author, Astoria Self - Author, Astoria See fewer	Washington (2020)
Shannon D. Smith Self - Author, Give Me Eighty Men Self - Author, Give Me Eighty Men See fewer	Kevin Costner's the West (2025)
Clay Jenkinson Self - Author, The Character of Meriwether Lewis Self - Author, The Character of Meriwether Lewis See fewer	Theodore Roosevelt (2022)
Joshua Specht Self - Author, Red Meat Republic Self - Author, Red Meat Republic See fewer	Kevin Costner's the West (2025)
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)
Doris Kearns Goodwin Self - Pulitzer Prize-Winning Presidential Historian Self - Pulitzer Prize-Winning Presidential Historian See fewer	Lincoln (2012)
Christy Coleman Self - Public Historian Self - Public Historian See fewer	Harriet (I) (2019)