A history of pioneer life told through the 'then and now' format, as the American frontier was pushed West during the nineteenth century. The Old West Then and Now hitches up its wagon and begins its epic journey in St. Louis along with many other start-points on the Mississippi/Missouri rivers, such as Minneapolis, Omaha and Kansas City. It traverses out into the Great Plains via Wichita, Dodge City, and up into the Badlands of Rapid City...