Results for keyword: Western Culture
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When you're alone on the open road
A writer remembers long drives on Wyoming highways and laments the fact that fire destroyed the cafe at Mule Creek Junction, which often served as an oasis, especially in a winter blizzard.
by Linda Hasselstrom, May 10, 1999 -
Just go away
Craig Denton's "People of the West Desert" uses words and photographs to document the quirky, stubborn people of the West Desert of eastern Nevada and western Utah - one of the West's emptiest landscapes.
by Michelle Nijhuis, Mar 15, 1999 -
A lifetime of service on the North Dakota plains
A slideshow on Joe Sorkness's 97th birthday recalls his hard and dedicated life as a country doctor in North Dakota.
by Auden Schendler, Oct 12, 1998 -
Restoration Days
The Mono Lake Committee celebrates its 20th anniversary over Labor Day, Sept. 4-7.
by Staff, Aug 03, 1998 -
Colorado curmudgeon defends the rural West
Newspaper columnist Ed Quillen's new book, "Deep in the Heart of the Rockies," is a hefty helping of some of Quillen's "ravings" in defense of the real Colorado.
by Ken Wright, Jul 06, 1998 -
Wyoming: The last tough place
A Wyoming man celebrates the difficulty of living in his wild, lonely, poor, unsophisticated state - the "last good place left."
by Tom Reed, Apr 13, 1998 -
Idaho stubbornly remains what America used to be
The strange dysfunctional state of Idaho - with its neo-Nazis and child abuse and stubborn isolation from the rest of America - leads the writer to leave the state after 15 years.
by Stephen Lyons, Mar 16, 1998 -
Dressed for success
Disparate worlds collide in the second-hand clothing stores the writer buys her wardrobe from.
by Louise Wagenknecht, Mar 16, 1998 -
Leaning Into the Wind: Women Write from the Heart of the West
The anthology "Leaning Into the Wind: Women Write from the Heart of the West" is a mosaic of seldom-heard voices from the High Plains.
by Betsy Marston, Oct 13, 1997 -
Jell-O and suicides
A look at odd statistics in the West includes a few surprises.
by Ray Ring, Aug 18, 1997
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