input: TEXT: Narrator: Our nation is built upon a history of battles fought over honor, family, and power. These bloody and iconic chapters define what it truly means to be an American. These are Blood Feuds. At the height of the Klondike Gold Rush, Skagway, Alaska is America's last frontier. [Gunshots] Skagway is the entrée to the gold fields. Control Skagway, and you control the wealth of the Yukon. Narrator: Two men are locked in a power battle for the town. Put that rope down. One is "Soapy" Smith, a notorious criminal driven by greed. Soapy was the king of the frontier continent. Narrator: The other is Frank Reid, a vigilante bent on revenge. Reid killed a man because of his bad temper. Soapy Smith has too much control over this town. There was a tension. And this tension slowly built. Narrator: It's an epic feud that starts with money but will end in blood. Smith: Bring them in, dead or alive... That statement guaranteed bloodshed in Skagway. I'm Soapy Smith. I've run the cleverest con games in the west. But now, I'm here in Skagway, Alaska to clean up on the Yukon Gold Rush. This is a town I mean to own. And Frank Reid ain't gonna stand in my way. Name's Frank Reid. The frontier is a place where a man can build something new. But Soapy Smith and his scams are making things hard for me. I mean to put a stop to it. You can't stop me. My God. Don't shoot. Narrator: Frank Reid's and Soapy Smith's fates collide in 1897, during the great Klondike Gold Rush. The front pages of newspapers screaming, "Gold. Gold. Gold." Narrator: As news spreads, men from all over the west pack their bags and board ships bound for Alaska. They came from San Francisco. They came from Portland. They came from Seattle. The Yukon offered a get-rich-quick type of thing. Narrator: But most
  SUMMARY:
output: Legendary con artist Jefferson ``Soapy'' Smith and his loyal Soap Gang are pitted against vigilante Frank Reid and the Committee of 101 in a battle to bring justice to the lawless Alaskan frontier.