The American WestAlmost exactly 500 years ago, a shipwrecked Spaniard named Cabeza de Vaca and three companions made the first trans-continental journey in the history of the American West. Then he wrote down his account of eight years in Native America, one of the great First Contact stories of all time.
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The American West
In this new podcast, writer Dan Flores presents a big picture history of an American West you've nev…Social links
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Ep. 36: Down the West’s Grandest Canyon
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Ep. 35: How the Endangered Species Act Saved the West and America
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Ep. 34: Big Bend and the Deserts of the West
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