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Ep. 13: A Western Geography of Hope

Ep. 13: A Western Geography of Hope

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Dramatic and inspirational western landscapes have been a
powerful feature of western history throughout time. During and
after the Civil War, a group of adventuring artists and
photographers helped divert America’s gaze from the horrors of
war by seeking out the most dramatic western landscapes and
painting or photographing their scenery. By the 1870s most
Americans and many people around the world knew about the Wind
River Range, Yosemite, the Colorado Rockies, the Tetons, the
Grand Canyon, and other iconic features of western topography. As
Dan relates, since Albert Bierstadt and other adventurers first
portrayed them, all those places and many more in the West have
never lost their magic and now make up some of the most famous
scenery in the world.

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