This is the grave of Marcus and Narcissa Whitman, as well as others who died with them when the Cayuse struck against the missionary colonialists in 1847. Born in 1802 in Federal Hollow, New York, Mar
For the latest LGM podcast, we were honored enough to have Kevin Waite of Durham University in the U.K. to talk about his new book West of Slavery: The Southern Dream of a Transcontinental Empire. Thi
This is the grave of John Wesley Powell. Born in Mount Morris, New York in 1834, Powell grew up poor. His father was an itinerant preacher who came over from England a few years before his son was bor
For the latest LGM podcast, I spoke with Adam Sowards of the University of Idaho about his new book, Making America’s Public Lands: The Contested History of Conservation on Federal Lands. We had a g
I am fascinated and horrified by the entirety of what is happening to the United States, but for both life and research reasons, I am especially interested in how this is all playing out in the rural
For the latest podcast, I was happy to talk to Rebecca Scofield of the University of Idaho about her 2019 book Outriders: Rodeo at the Fringes of the American West. In this, we talk about the myth and
As the Bundys and their merry band of fascists descend on the Klamath River to try and start another war with federal officials there, the reality is that the Klamath River’s water supplies, lik
The West right now is just…ugh. Just about every indicator of drought is flashing red across the Western U.S. after a dry winter and warm early spring. The snowpack is at less than half of norma