Prickett’s Fort State Park in Fairmont will be in American Movie
Classics cable channel’s “The American West,” an 8-part series that will
premiere at 10 p.m. Sunday, June 11. Berkeley and Jefferson counties also will
be featured in the series covering 1865 to 1890 to show how, in the aftermath
of the Civil War, the United States transforms into the “land of opportunity.”
It will also chronicle the personal, little-known stories of
Western legends such as Jesse James, Billy the Kid, Wyatt Earp, Crazy Horse and
Sitting Bull. There are interviews with stars of Western films, including
Robert Redford, James Caan, Burt Reynolds, Tom Selleck, Kiefer Sutherland, Mark
Harmon and Ed Harris.
The series is produced by Redford and Laura Michalchyshyn
through their Sundance Productions, and Emmy Award-winning producer Stephen
David of Stephen David Entertainment. David has filmed five other miniseries in
West Virginia’s Eastern Panhandle: “NASCAR: The Rise of American Speed” for
CMT; “The Men Who Built America” for History Channel; “The World Wars” for
History Channels; “American Genius” for National Geographic; and “The Making of
the Mob: New York” for AMC Networks.
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