When the U.S. Census announced in 1890 that the Frontier was over, America was plunged into a period of anxiety. As evidenced by the grand Indian photographs of Edward Sheriff Curtis, western nostalgia became a dominant theme of art, film, and pop culture. Another artist of the age, though, showed that the West endures into the modern age. Thank you to our sponsor Velvet Buck: https://www.instagram.com/velvetbuckwine ---------------- Check out the gear the MeatEater Crew uses in the field here: https://store.themeateater.com Follow us: Web: https://www.themeateater.com Instagram: https://instagram.com/meateater Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/StevenRinellaMeatEater Chapters:

What Were Charlie Russell and L.A. Huffman Trying to Tell Us? | The American West Ep. 29

A Western Geography of Hope | The American West Ep. 13

Catlin’s and Bodmer’s "Time Machine Visuals" | The American West Ep. 9

Favorite Movies About the West | The American West Ep. 42

The Fascinating Evidence from Western Repeat Photography | The American West Ep. 33

Favorite Books About the West | The American West Ep. 41