One historian wants to shatter the myth of the U.S. frontier

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Published July 2, 2026 at 12:00 PM EDT

Megan Kate Nelson, author of “The Westerners,” wants to shatter the myth of the frontier, one of white easterners coming west in covered wagons with a nuclear family.

Colorado Public Radio’s Ryan Warner reports.

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