I must state that I believe that The History Channel has
declined in quality over the years. When it started, the
programming was of a higher quality. Then, the channel began to
over emphasize the World War II period (not that this time is
not important), specifically Nazi Germany, which earned it the
nickname “The Hitler Channel”. Now, the programming has gone off
the deep end, with shows like Monster Quest and The Universe,
which is more in the realm of The Discovery Channel. It has led
me to question, whether a new channel dedicated to history is
needed to bring quality programming on history back. With that
said, I would like write a bit about a great miniseries that was
on The History Channel a few years ago and deals with the
subject area of this site and is quite good. The show is known
as Frontier: Legends of the Old Northwest and it is one of two
series, with the other series, Frontier: The Decisive Battles
dealing with four important battles in the Old Northwest.
Frontier: Legends of the Old Northwe