In this episode, we explore from exploding mountains to oregon s exclusion laws. You know, usually when we think about the history of the American West, there's this expectation of a very specific linear story. Right, like a very clean progression. Exactly. It's almost like playing that old 8 -bit computer game, you know? You load up your covered wagon, you ford the river. Maybe get dysentery along the way. Yeah, exactly. And eventually you just arrive in this lush green valley. It's a really neat, highly predictable narrative of pioneer discovery. It is a comforting progression. I mean, we like our history to unfold in a straight line from point A to point B, where progress just sort of naturally marches forward. But then you step into the actual historical record of the U .S. state of Oregon, and suddenly that neat little game cartridge is just co ...