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  • Commuter trains could connect the West's far-flung cities

    Longer commuter rails could connect the West’s far-flung cities in ways they haven’t been connected since the glory days of the railroad

    by Allen Best, Nov 14, 2005

  • Staying put

    These days, Ana Maria Spagna travels only in her imagination, as she and her partner, Laurie, stay home and care for their elderly, dying and much-loved cat, Daisy.

    by Ana Maria Spagna, Mar 03, 2008
  • On the wing

    On the wing

    This special "books and essays" issue circles around the theme of migration.

    by Jodi Peterson, Sep 12, 2010

  • The Far East yearns for the wild West

    The Wild West lives on in a distinctly Eastern way at Western Village in Imaichi, Japan, sister city of Rapid City, S.D.

    by Josh Garrett-Davis, Apr 04, 2005

  • Truckers or skiers, take your pick

    Bill Sniffin explores some of the West’s most challenging interstates.

    by Bill Sniffin, Oct 22, 2007

  • Two weeks in the West

    James M. Doohan heads to final frontier (briefly) from New Mexico’s spaceport; northern spotted owls in trouble again; Veterans Conservation Corps; drugged up and rehabbing in the West

    by Jonathan Thompson, May 14, 2007

  • Ode to a very hot spot

    Live! From Death Valley is John Soennichsen’s "love letter to an ill-tempered mistress," California’s Death Valley

    by Laura Paskus, May 01, 2006

  • A season of change

    In Chasing Spring: An American Journey Through a Changing Season, nature writer Bruce Stutz follows spring from New York to Alaska, examining the surprising changes that global warming is bringing

    by Ewen Callaway, May 01, 2006

  • Ingredients: History, preservatives

    In Preserving Western History, editor Andrew Gulliford has put together "the first college reader to address public history in the American West."

    by Dave Phillips, May 01, 2006
  • The Excursions Episode

    The Excursions Episode

    Thought-provoking jaunts to inspire your own Western wanderings this summer: a visit to Utah's Sun Tunnels; a peek into modern hobo culture; and a beginner's guide to hitchhiking.

    by Cally Carswell, Jun 19, 2012
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