Frank Carlson Library

From creator, Taylor Sheridan comes a prequel to Yellowstone. It follows the original Dutton family as they embark on a journey west through the Great Plains toward the last bastion of untamed America. It's a stark retelling of Western expansion, and an intense study of one family fleeing poverty to seek a better future in America's promised land Montana.

Take a deep dive into ancient Greece in this documentary that makes the birthplace of democracy come alive through an exciting archaeological adventure! Follow along and witness the Parthenon brought back to its original glory through amazing leading-edge computer-generated images.

The story of Scotland's ancient clans is a blood-soaked saga of battles and feuds, loyalty and betrayal, love and death set against the country's wild mountains and glens. Their fierce warriors were legendary, and their deeds of heroism and villainy shaped the destinies of Scotland's most iconic characters. Discover how the clans crushed the English King's mighty army to help win Scottish independence, and how they used clan muscle to plot, maneuver...

Presidents, U.S. Supreme Court Justices, and five-star military officers; astronauts and explorers; major figures in literature and medicine; Medal of Honor recipients from World War II and ordinary foot soldiers of the Civil War: all told, more than 230,000 Americans have found their final resting place at Arlington National Cemetery. On the 140th anniversary of the first burial at Arlington in May 1864, this program takes a respectful look at the...

Two swing-music loving friends in Nazi Germany must choose between their individual freedom or loyalty to the murderous Third Reich.

The stories of battles of the Civil War and the men who fought this war using historical documentation and reenactments.

Heiress to the red rose of Lancaster, Margaret Beaufort never surrenders her belief that her house is the true ruler of England and that she has a great destiny before her. Her ambitions are disappointed when her sainted cousin Henry VI fails to recognize her as a kindred spirit, and she is even more dismayed when he sinks into madness. Her mother mocks her plans, revealing that Margaret will always be burdened with the reputation of her father, one...

A Confederate soldier, out to exact revenge on the Union soldiers who murdered his wife, follows their trail to the raucous, traveling town alongside the construction of the transcontinental railroad.

People who are anonymous and whose lives are usually ignored in traditional historical accounts are no less important than more prominent individuals in influencing the flow of events. These ordinary, but often heroic, people are the focus of this course. Each of the 48 lectures looks at history from a nontraditional perspective, that of the weak and marginalized-- the poor, sick, disabled, and elderly, as well as the refugees, slaves, women, children,...

A hero of the French and Indian conflict, Benjamin Martin had renounced fighting forever to raise his family in peace. However, when British troops arrive at his South Carolina home and endanger his family, he takes up arms alongside his idealistic patriot son, Gabriel.