History's Greatest Screwups

1: A Taxman Gets Lost in Yellowstone


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In 1870, a tax man named Truman Everts spent 37 days lost in the area that would eventually become Yellowstone National Park. He did survive, but only just. This episode, with guest Dr. Megan Kate-Nelson, traces how Everts came to be in such a prickly situation and how his story illustrates how Americans sought to re-create themselves following the Civil War.

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History's Greatest ScrewupsBy HGSPod

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