Two couples assume the lives of early settlers to the West. Using only the resources and tools of the period, they will attempt to build homes, raise livestock, hunt and grow crops.
Episode List
S1 • E1
The Dream
This episode introduces viewers to hundreds of candidates who volunteered to spend an entire year living as 1870s settlers, and profiles both the intense selection process used to select the two couples and their move onto the Manitoba prairie.
S1 • E2
If Momma Ain't Happy...
The settlers struggle against illness, fatigue and self-doubt while plowing fields and caring for livestock.
S1 • E3
Prairie Purgatory
The settlers endure an infestation of mosquitoes; isolation and close quarters cause emotional stress.
S1 • E4
What Are We Doing This for?
Tensions rise when producers have to show up!
S1 • E5
101 Chopping Days 'til Christmas
The Pioneers start working on a new barn. Old man winter is coming.
S1 • E6
No Way, We're Not Leaving
One of the Pioneers has a medical emergency.
S1 • E7
The Long Haul
The settlers continue to brave the harsh winter, and get some traditional (and painful) dental treatment.
S1 • E8
Going Home
The Pioneers are experiencing their last days with this social experiment.
S1 • E9
Survivors of the Real West
A recap of the year in the life as pioneers!
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Cast
Tom Anniko
Self - Narrator
Brian Hartigan
Self
Pioneer Quest: A Year in the Real West (2000) | ecco
