Kevin Costner dives into the real life history of Yellowstone in EXCLUSIVE clip of new docuseries

It’s a docuseries the Dutton’s would be proud of. Kevin Costner is taking a deep dive into the historic national park that lends it’s name to his hit television drama, Yellowstone. 

In an exclusive first look at FOX Nation’s Yellowstone: One-Fifty, the 67-year-old actor hikes the rugged expanse of the park, explaining how it was once almost torn ‘to shreds in the name of progress.’ 

The four-part docuseries lays out the long and storied history of Yellowstone National Park, the oldest national park in America, and how the rugged wilderness came to be protected land. 

American expansion west of the Mississippi prompted the U.S. congress to fund what became known as the Hayden Expedition in 1971, one of four groups who sought to explore the rugged terrain that is now Yellowstone. 

In an exclusive clip, Costner explains that the groups were looking for minerals to mine in the untapped wilderness, as well as a pathway for a railroad to connect the mighty Mississippi to the Pacific. 

‘They weren’t here to protect Yellowstone, they were here to tear it to shreds in the name of progress but something happened during that three month journey,’ he intones. 

‘This place, it did something to them, got inside them and slowly but surely started to change their minds.’

Historic: The four-part docuseries lays out the long and storied history of Yellowstone National Park, the oldest national park in America, and how the rugged wilderness came to be protected land

‘They weren’t here to protect Yellowstone, they were here to tear it to shreds in the name of progress but something happened during that three month journey,’ he intones.

The Bull Durham star is seen in the sneak peek hiking the wintery landscape with a backpack, gazing out at the jagged, snow capped Rocky Mountains.

In Yellowstone: One Fifty, the Academy Award winner retraces the Hayden Expedition and discovers how the quest for the American frontier ended up creating the first national park in U.S. history.

Yellowstone National Park was officially designated by President Ulysses S. Grant on March 1, 1872. 

Costner truly channels the ethos of the stunning landscape (and his Yellowstone character John Dutton) by hiking the park in the dead of winter.  

Legendary: In Yellowstone: One Fifty, the Academy Award winner retraces the Hayden Expedition and discovers how the quest for the American frontier ended up creating the first national park in U.S. history

Life imitates art: Costner truly channel’s the ethos of the stunning landscape (and his Yellowstone character John Dutton) by hiking the park in the dead of winter

TV favorite: The stunning 3,471 square mile park served as inspiration for Costner’s drama of the same name where he portrays rancher John Dutton

‘Yellowstone One-Fifty exemplifies the superior creative content that we strive to deliver exclusively to our subscribers. We are thrilled to collaborate with an iconic actor and filmmaker of Kevin Costner’s caliber on this project,’ said FOX Nation president Jason Klarman in a press release. 

The stunning 3,471 square mile park served as inspiration for Costner’s drama of the same name where he portrays rancher John Dutton.

Season five of Yellowstone kicked off this week and see’s Dutton winning his gubernatorial election in Montana.

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Yellowstone was the most-watched show outside of the National Football League last year with viewers under the age of 50.

The series has been dubbed as ‘anti-woke’ and was recognized by the Screen Actors Guild Awards earlier this year with a nomination for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series.

Yellowstone One-Fifty streams on FOX Nation on November 20.

It’s back! Season five of Yellowstone kicked off this week and see’s Dutton winning his gubernatorial election in Montana