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Horizons West Radio Show!

Horizons West Radio Show!

By: Radio Shows of the Past!
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 President Thomas Jefferson made an incredible gamble early in the history of the American Republic: The Louisiana Purchase.Although the commitment had been made, there was no way to know the full extent of the Purchase. Soon after the Purchase was made Jefferson convinced the Congress to appropriate $2500 to fund an expedition to survey "The river Missouri, the Indians inhabiting it... the whole line, even to the Western Ocean."Jefferson chose a protege of his, a Virginian Army Captain, Meriwether Lewis, to lead the expedition.

Lewis chose his friend William Clark as co-leader of the expedition, and they set out with their "Corps of Discovery" into the unknown wilderness.Horizons West was produced for the Armed Forces Radio Network at the Capitol Records Studio in Hollywood in 1962-63, and broadcast for Armed Forces Korea Network and the Far East Network in 1965.Copyright Radio Shows of the Past! Art World
Episodes
  • Hw001MrJeffersonsDream

    Hw001MrJeffersonsDream
    Dec 30 2024
    31 mins
  • Hw011ClarkTheHorseThieves

    Hw011ClarkTheHorseThieves
    Dec 30 2024
    31 mins
  • Hw003DakotaWinter

    Hw003DakotaWinter
    Dec 30 2024
    31 mins
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