How the West Was Won English Subtitles

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<i>This land has a name today
and is marked on maps.</i>

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<i>But the names and the marks
and the land all had to be won.</i>

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<i>Won from nature and from primitive man.</i>

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<i>Five generations ago,
a mere 125 years back...</i>

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<i>...this land was known only as the West.</i>

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<i>Known only to a handful of white men...</i>

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<i>...lonely trappers wandering its
vastness in search of beaver.</i>

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<i>They were known as mountain
men, a new breed.</i>

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<i>Men like Jim Bridger, Franchère