Ep. 38: The River That Flowed From Nowhere, Part I
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The episode discusses the failed Red River Expedition led by Thomas Jefferson in the context of the Louisiana Purchase.
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. 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.
More episodes of The American West
- Announcing: Blood Trails, Paradise Prison
- Ep. 37: The Wolf Returns to the West
- Ep. 36: Down the West’s Grandest Canyon
- Ep. 35: How the Endangered Species Act Saved the West and America
- Ep. 34: Big Bend and the Deserts of the West
- Ep. 33: Time and Time Again: The Fascinating Evidence from Western Repeat Photography
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