Join Travis and Chip as they discuss depictions of Jim Bridger, Brigham Young, & other historical points from the first two episodes of Netflix's "American Primeval."
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• St. Joseph really look like that? 1:00
• How long it took to travel west in the 1850s 2:10
• Positives of the show 3:08
• Hollywood Accuracy & Poetic License 4:07
• Quality of Native Portrayal 4:51
• What They Got Wrong 5:30
• Sale of Fort Bridger 6:30
• Mountain Meadows Massacre 7:09
• Scalping 8:54
• Circling the Wagons 10:20
• Brigham Young & The Mormons 11:06
• Jim Bridger’s Relationships and His Children 12:06
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