#143: Crossing the Oregon Trail in the 21st Century With Rinker Buck

The Art of Manliness

Society & Culture, Education, Philosophy

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🗓️ 1 October 2015

⏱️ 46 minutes

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You've heard of the Oregon Trail. You learned about it in elementary or middle school, quite possibly by playing the popular computer game. Despite it being one of largest land migrations in human history, though, you probably don't know a whole lot about the Oregon Trail. Today's guest decided to remedy that by actually crossing the entirety of the trail in a covered wagon and with a team of mules. It's a fascinating conversation that you won't want to miss.

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0:00.0	Let's get started.
0:15.0	Brett McKay here and welcome to another edition of the Art of Manliness Podcast.
0:18.8	Well, if you are an American, you know about the Oregon Trail.
0:23.5	Learned about it in elementary school, in middle school, or you probably learned about
0:27.7	it playing the video game of the 1980s Oregon Trail, where your family always dies of
0:33.3	dysentery.
0:34.3	Well, it was a big moment in American history, one of the largest mass migrations in human
0:38.4	history.
0:39.4	But a lot of people don't know that much about it.
0:41.8	Well, my guest today decided, you know what?
0:44.4	I'm going to cross the Oregon Trail in a covered wagon.
0:48.2	So I can learn more about this part of American history.
0:51.3	His name is Rinker Buck.
0:52.3	He's an author, journalist.
0:53.4	And now one of the first people to cross the Oregon Trail in nothing but a covered wagon
0:59.0	in over 100 years.
1:00.7	And he did it.
1:01.7	He made it all the way to Oregon, along with his brother.
1:03.6	And today on the podcast, we're going to discuss his book, The Oregon Trail, A New American
1:07.0	Journey.
1:08.0	We discuss some of the details about this very unique aspect of American history.
1:12.8	We talk about the things that Rinker had to relearn.
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