Wild West Tech

Short description: Former program on The History Channel

Wild West Tech

Starring|

* Keith Carradine (season 1)
* David Carradine (seasons 2 and 3)

Country of origin| United States
No. of episodes| 34
Production
Running time| 60 minutes
Release
Original network| History Channel
Original release| August 19, 2003 (2003-08-19) –
November 8, 2005 (2005-11-08)

Wild West Tech is an American television program that aired on the History Channel in the United States from 2003 to 2005. The show was originally hosted by Keith Carradine (2003–04); his half-brother, David Carradine, took over hosting duties for season 2 onward. The show illustrates a variety of technologies used in the Wild West, and features interviews with numerous Western historians, as well as recreating versions of important events in Western history.

The series was created by Dolores Gavin and supervising producer Louis Tarantino.

## Contents

* 1 Format
* 2 Episode guide
* 2.1 Pilots
* 2.2 Season 1
* 2.3 Season 2
* 2.4 Season 3
* 3 External links

## Format

Each episode is dedicated to some broader aspect of Wild West life. Once the context is established in brief by the host, more specific elements are developed. Throughout the program, professors, writers, and other experts explain finer points while historical reenactments and dramatizations portray just how key 19th century events may have transpired. The production aims to put the viewer into the spirit of the Old West with its host inhabiting an unnamed frontier town, delivering commentary.

A new spin on the typical technology fact program, this program often covers subjects from the American Old West that are not generally discussed in more traditional settings. For example, one episode takes a look at the brothel, focusing on the inventions and technological innovations used to make the institution of prostitution less harsh on the lives of the women involved.

Another explains that Morphine was first isolated in 1803 by the German pharmacist Friedrich Wilhelm Adam Sertürner, but it was not until the development of the hypodermic needle (1853) that its use spread and it spread quite a bit in the American West. It was used for pain relief and as a "cure" for opium or alcohol addiction. Its extensive use during the American Civil War resulted in over 400,000 people developing the "soldier's disease" (addiction).

The same episode informs the viewers that heroin, along with other drugs, was only criminalized in the United States by the Harrison Narcotics Tax Act of 1914 decades after it was derived.

Other topics include the technological histories of various alcoholic beverages, saloons, weapons, and cowboy gangs.

## Episode guide

Two pilot episodes were produced, hosted by Keith Carradine, to help sell the History Channel on the concept of the series. Seasons 2 and 3 were hosted by David Carradine.

### Pilots

No. | Code | Airdate | Title

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1 | Pilot–1 | Aug 25, 2003 | Outlaw Tech
2 | Pilot–2 | Aug 19, 2003 | The Gunslingers

### Season 1

No. | Code | Airdate | Title

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1 | 1–1 | Mar 30, 2004 | Cowboy Tech
2 | 1–2 | Apr 6, 2004 | Execution Tech
3 | 1–3 | Apr 13, 2004 | Military Tech
4 | 1–4 | Apr 20, 2004 | Hunting Tech
5 | 1–5 | Apr 27, 2004 | Western Towns
6 | 1–6 | May 4, 2004 | Brothel Tech
7 | 1–7 | May 11, 2004 | Native American Tech
8 | 1–8 | May 18, 2004 | Train Tech
9 | 1–9 | May 25, 2004 | Gambling Tech
10 | 1–10 | Jun 8, 2004 | Gold Rush Tech

### Season 2

No. | Code | Airdate | Title

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11 | 2–1 | Nov 9, 2004 | Six–Shooter Tech
12 | 2–2 | Nov 16, 2004 | Vigilante Tech
13 | 2–3 | Nov 23, 2004 | Alamo Tech
14 | 2–4 | Nov 30, 2004 | Deadwood Tech
15 | 2–5 | Dec 7, 2004 | Massacre Tech
16 | 2–6 | Dec 14, 2004 | Biggest Machines in the West
17 | 2–7 | Dec 21, 2004 | Freak Show Tech
18 | 2–8 | Dec 28, 2004 | Disaster Tech
19 | 2–9 | Jan 25, 2005 | Shootout Tech
20 | 2–10 | Feb 1, 2005 | Saloons
21 | 2–11 | Feb 15, 2005 | Law & Order Tech
22 | 2–12 | Feb 22, 2005 | Gang Tech
23 | 2–13 | Mar 22, 2005 | The Road West
24 | 2–14 | May 24, 2005 | Civil War in the West

### Season 3

No. | Code | Airdate | Title

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25 | 3–1 | Sep 13, 2005 | Revenge Tech
26 | 3–2 | Sep 20, 2005 | Freak Shows II
27 | 3–3 | Sep 27, 2005 | The Unexplained
28 | 3–4 | Oct 4, 2005 | Massacres II
29 | 3–5 | Oct 11, 2005 | Bounty Hunters
30 | 3–6 | Oct 18, 2005 | Vices
31 | 3–7 | Nov 1, 2005 | Grim Reaper
32 | 3–8 | Nov 8, 2005 | Gadgets

## External links

* Episode guides
* Wild West Tech on IMDb

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