When the U.S. acquired the West with the Louisiana Purchase of 1803, President Thomas Jefferson dispatched two scientific expeditions to explore it. Lewis & Clark became legendary. Like Apollo 13, Jefferson’s Red River Expedition into the West was a failure. This is how their story should have gone.
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Ep. 40: Becoming Natives of Place in the American West
55:26

Ep. 39: The River That Flowed From Nowhere, Part II
1:05:00

Ep. 37: The Wolf Returns to the West
1:00:47