Ep. 22: New West, Modern West, Public Lands West

About this episode

The episode discusses the impact of public lands on the Modern West and its historical roots in the 19th century.

The Frontier and the freedom it afforded was the shaping influence of the 19th century American West, but life in the Modern West has been formed just as powerfully by the presence of a public lands system American visionaries established a century ago. This is why they did it. Thank you to our sponsor Velvet Buck . 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.

Topics covered

• public lands
• American West
• 19th century
• modern life
• freedom
• visionaries

Keywords

• public lands
• American West
• 19th century
• freedom
• modern life
• history
• MeatEater

Sponsors

Velvet Buck

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: The Long Hunters, Mountain Men

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