About this episode

This episode explores the stories of forgotten explorers of the American West who ventured into uncharted territories.

At one point, all the maps had foggyedges. Past those edges, nothing. No roads, no forts, no names for anything. Just grass and sky and silence stretching until it hit mountains that were further away than they looked. The men who walked into it were broke, forgotten, and had nothing behind them worth staying for. Most of them died young. Most of them died alone. A few of them came back with stories that should have been famous a long time ago. Support this show: https://www.patreon.com/c/overcrest

Topics covered

• exploration
• American West
• forgotten history
• adventure
• survival

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