On this episode of Our American Stories in the s the American West was a refuge for outcasts as the nation recovered from the Civil War In fact life was so hard that -percent of the population was under It was in this harsh and lawless place where a legend was forged Roger McGrath tells the story of Billy The Kid Support the show https www ouramericanstories com donate See omnystudio com listener for privacy information [... more]

On this episode of Our American Stories as part of our rule of law series P J Hill rancher and co-author of The Not So Wild Wild West Property Rights on the Frontier explains the misunderstanding behind the American West Support the show https www ouramericanstories com donate See omnystudio com listener for privacy information [... more]

On this episode of Our American Stories the lore and legend of the American Mountain Man is a story that seems to only grow with time In Leonardo DiCaprio played the legendary Mountain Man Hugh Glass in The Revenant And in Robert Redford starred as the title character in Jeremiah Johnson And like Hugh Glass Johnson too was a real-life fur trapper Here to separate fact from fiction is Ashley Hlebinsky Support the show https www ouramericanstories com donate See omnystudio com listener for privacy information [... more]

On this episode of Our American Stories old West historian Roger McGrath is here to tell the story of a time before the world knew Samuel Clemons by his pen name Mark Twain The time he spent in the American West helped Clemens develop a distinctive Western voice and provided him with material that would make him America's first celebrity author Support the show https www ouramericanstories com donate See omnystudio com listener for privacy information [... more]

On this episode of Our American Stories Stephen Ambrose shares some stories from his New York Times bestseller Undaunted Courage Meriwether Lewis Thomas Jefferson and the Opening of the American West Support the show https www ouramericanstories com donate See omnystudio com listener for privacy information [... more]

On this episode of Our American Stories the lore and legend of the American Mountain Man is a story that only seems to grow with time In Leonardo DiCaprio played the legendary Mountain Man Hugh Glass in The Revenant And in Robert Redford starred as the title character in Jeremiah Johnson And like Hugh Glass Johnson too was a real-life fur trapper Here to separate fact from fiction is Ashley Hlebinsky Ashley is the former co-host of Discovery Channel's Master of Arms the former curator in charge of the Cody Firearms Museum and president of The Gun Code LLC Support [... more]

On this episode of Our American Stories few people are aware that John Moses Browning a tall modest man born in and raised as a Mormon in the American West-- invented the mechanism used in virtually all modern pistols created the most popular hunting rifles and shotguns and conceived the machine guns introduced in World War I which dominated air and land battles in World War II Nathan Gorenstein author of The Guns of John Moses Browning The Remarkable Story of the Inventor Whose Firearms Changed the World is here to tell the story of this little-known American legend whose [... more]

On this episode of Our American Stories As part of our rule of law series P J Hill rancher and co-author of The Not So Wild Wild West Property Rights on the Frontier explains the misunderstanding behind the American West Find his book here https www amazon com Not-So-Wild-West-Economics dp Support the show https www ouramericanstories com donate See omnystudio com listener for privacy information [... more]

On this episode of Our American Stories Stephen Ambrose shares some stories from his New York Times bestseller Undaunted Courage Meriwether Lewis Thomas Jefferson and the Opening of the American West Support the show https www ouramericanstories com donate See omnystudio com listener for privacy information [... more]

On this episode of Our American Stories old West historian Roger McGrath is here to tell the story of a time before the world knew Samuel Clemons by his pen name Mark Twain The time he spent in the American West helped Clemens develop a distinctive Western voice and provided him with material that would make him America's first celebrity author Support the show https www ouramericanstories com donate See omnystudio com listener for privacy information [... more]

On this episode of Our American Stories few people are aware that John Moses Browning a tall modest man born in and raised as a Mormon in the American West-- invented the mechanism used in virtually all modern pistols created the most popular hunting rifles and shotguns and conceived the machine guns introduced in World War I which dominated air and land battles in World War II Nathan Gorenstein author of The Guns of John Moses Browning The Remarkable Story of the Inventor Whose Firearms Changed the World is here to tell the story of this little-known American legend whose [... more]

On this episode of Our American Stories Emma McCormick tells us how she was told she'd be working remotely in so she decided to live on a sailboat in Florida Regular contributor Jon Elfner and Dr Kate Masur author of Until Justice Be Done tell the story behind Abraham Lincoln that begins with three runaway enslaved people P J Hill rancher and co-author of The Not So Wild Wild West Property Rights on the Frontier explains the misunderstanding behind the American West Support the show https www ouramericanstories com donate Time Codes - When Her Work Went Remote So She [... more]

On this episode of Our American Stories Lian Law is a ranger at Brooks Camp in nbsp Katmai National Park and Preserve and she rsquo s here to share about nbsp Fat Bear Week where bears compete to be the ldquo Fat Bear Champion rdquo The grandsons of Dwayne Steinle the Korean War veteran who founded Dwayne's Photo tell us the story of the time the world descended upon Parsons Kansas to get their Kodachrome film developed for the last time P J Hill rancher and co-author of ldquo The Not So Wild Wild West Property Rights on the Frontier [... more]

In our cover story Ben Tracy examines how the American West is suffering from a catastrophic megadrought Plus Erin Moriarty explores why two men wrongfully-imprisoned for decades in Missouri are not being allowed to go free Seth Doane talks with actor Matt Damon about his new film Stillwater Mo Rocca sits down with -year-old jazz singer Marilyn Maye Conor Knighton explores UNESCO's World Heritage Sites filmmaker Josh Seftel's mom prepares for an in-person reunion after a year of quarantine and Lee Cowan visits a spectacular light show put on by synchronous fireflies Lee Cowan hosts this week's CBS Sunday Morning [... more]