Ep. 39: The River That Flowed From Nowhere, Part II | The American West

About this episode

This episode explores the expeditions of Lewis & Clark and imagines an alternate history involving Freeman and Custis.

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. The historical fiction that follows indicates that with a different outcome, Freeman and Custis would have been famous westerners, too. Here, then, is Part II. Subscribe now wherever you listen to podcasts.  YouTube , Spotify , Apple , iHeart , Pandora , Amazon . MeatEater on Instagram , Facebook , Twitter , Youtube , and Youtube Clips Check out more MeatEater's American History audio originals " The Long Hunters " and " Mountain Men " Subscribe to The MeatEater Podcast Network on YouTube Shop  MeatEater Merch See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

People in this episode

Host: MeatEater

Topics covered

• Louisiana Purchase
• exploration
• historical fiction
• Lewis and Clark
• Freeman and Custis
• American history

Keywords

• Louisiana Purchase
• Thomas Jefferson
• Lewis & Clark
• Freeman and Custis
• expeditions
• American history

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