Memorializing the West: Settling Jackson Hole

Additional histories are hidden behind the laconic language etched into markers across the West. The Daughters of Utah Pioneers Marker 123 in the center of Jackson, Wyoming celebrates the arrival of Mormon families in 1889 while eliding important context, including deeper histories of settler colonialism and violence against Native peoples. Why did Anglo Americans in the mid-20th century produce particular narratives about pioneers and settlement in the West? To see images related to this episode, please visit dornsife.usc.edu/icw . Western Edition is hosted by William Deverell and produced by Avishay Artsy, Katie Dunham, Jessica Kim, Elizabeth Logan, and Stephanie Yi. Western Edition is a production of the Huntington-USC Institute on California and the West.

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Memorializing the West: Settling Jackson Hole is an episode from Western Edition by William Deverell.

This episode is 38:55 long.

This episode was published on May 16, 2023.

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