This is a fascinating piece on Ken Gonzales-Day, the artist and author who explores the history of lynching in the American West. We usually think of lynching as something that had to black people in the South. But it was far more pervasive, especially in...
American West
Building upon yesterday's discussion, Jaymi Heimbuch provides a really good roundup of the complexities of wild horses on the western range. For as legitimate as the reasons to want to.
The legacy of wild horses in the West is somewhat complicated. They are iconic, evoking images of a lost, wild and romantic West. On the other hand, they can be.
This fall, I am teaching graduate students for the first time. I am teaching our senior capstone course, which graduate students can sign up for. My course in on the history of the American West. Usually 1 or 2 graduate students sign up, but I...
The thing about Romney basically declaring the Sagebrush Rebellion agenda his official policy on public lands is that it doesn't attract a single western voter who wasn't already going to.
Am I the only one who finds the lesser known billionaire Koch Brother Bill Koch even creepier than the pair trying to buy the 2012 election? KEBLER PASS —There's a.
Outstanding Christopher Ketcham story on the delisting of wolves from the Endangered Species Act and the plans to wipe them out in Idaho, Montana, and Wyoming. There is much that is disturbing--people's hatred of wolves, the incredible and damaging power of the ranching industry in...
California ranchers are unhappy that the federal government wants to replace branding cattle with electronic chips placed in cattle's ears. The chips make a lot of sense on many levels..
The American Film Archives, which have preserved hundreds of rare and nearly lost films, are releasing their 5th DVD set this month, on the West. Covering the years 1898-1938, this.
In a rare piece of sensible legislation coming out of California, rural homeowners who rely on state firefighters for basic fire services will have to pay a $150 annual fee. This makes a tremendous amount of sense, even if California was not suffering through its...