Netflix is coming up with a new Western offering, American Primeval. The miniseries, a violent and gory take on the genre, is set in the year 1857 and showcases the ‘birth of the American West.
While Brigham Young (Kim Coates) succeeds in burning down Jim Bridger’s (Shea Whigham) beloved fort, Bridger survives the fire. In real life, Jim Bridger would head east to plea his case to the U.S.