Join host Jack Maddox as he uncovers Captain Benjamin Bonneville's gripping 1832 expedition into the uncharted American West. Discover frozen camps, impossible wagon crossings over the Continental Divide, and brutal survival moments where the wilderness refused to forgive mistakes.

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Jack Maddox recounts Captain Benjamin Bonneville's 1832-33 winter on Idaho's Salmon River, where starvation forced him to scatter his men on Christmas Day. Through near-death desperation, his expedition learned indigenous survival knowledge from the Nez Perce and Flathead that transformed Army maps and understanding of the American West.

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Jack Maddox examines Captain Benjamin Bonneville's 1832 expedition, the first to haul wagons across the Continental Divide at South Pass. We discuss how Bonneville's achievement turned costly, forcing him to bury his wagons and adapt to wilderness survival on the country's own unforgiving terms.

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Jack Maddox revisits Captain Benjamin Bonneville's 1832 expedition to Wyoming's Green River valley, where ignored warnings led to Fort Nonsense—America's first documented Wyoming fort built in one of the continent's coldest valleys. Through historical records and survival analysis, we examine how ego and poor site selection nearly doomed twenty men to a brutal winter.

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