Marshal and elevated the lesser-known elements of his story in a dramatic fashion.

Again, don’t expectan1883-style dramawith instantly recognizable stars and a high production value.

That’s not what this show is.

Jim Bridger (Rib Hillis) brandishes a knife while protesting a woman from a bear on the poster for ‘The Tall Tales of Jim Bridger’

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The show may not have lasted as long as its predecessors, but it certainly honors them.

Who was this mountain man, really?

Jim Bridger (Rib Hillis) holds a gun on ‘The Tall Tales of Jim Bridger.'

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Rib Hillis as Jim Bridger in a cowboy hat looking up at something off-screen in The Tall Tales of Jim Bridger.

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Shea Whigham as Jim Bridger in American Primeval

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