Life of Daniel Boone, from birth to old age.; Guided by Sacagawea, Lewis and Clark lead their expedition from St. Louis to the Pacific and back.; Establishment of U.S. settlements in Texas; conflicts with Mexican government; revolt of 1835 (Texas War of Independence); fall of the Alamo; Battle of San Jacinto; independence of Texas; Early life of Kit Carson... youth, expeditions in the west, marriage, widowhood... until joining a Fremont expedition.; Ashley and others set up fur trading systems across the American west, and establish the Grear Mountain Rendezvous.; U.S. annexation of Texas provokes war with Mexico, largely led by Zachary Taylor. Stephen Kearny seizes New Mexico then, with Kit Carson and others, moves on California. The United States now stretches from Atlantic to Pacific.; Summary of the European invasion of North America, from 1519 to the 1760s.; Zebulon Pike and others illegally enter Spanish New Mexico, eventually creating the Santa Fe Trail.