Episode 91: Providential History and the Pacific Northwest

The Way of Improvement Leads Home: American History, Religion, Politics, and Academic life. - A podcast by John Fea

Did Marcus Whitman "save" Oregon? In this episode we talk with Sarah Koenig, author ofProvidence and the Invention of American History. She tells the story of a Protestant missionary to the Pacific Northwest and how his story provides a window into debates over the meaning of the past in both the 19th-century and today. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices