Results for keyword: Western history
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An epic tale of the Northwest: A review of West of Here
In his novel, Jonathan Evison tackles the far-flung history of a fictional Northwestern community.
by Karen Rigby, May 01, 2011 -
What’s in a name?
The names on the Western landscape tell a harrowing, fascinating and at times hilarious story.
by Sarah Gilman, May 01, 2011 -
Make my state gun a popgun
Now that Utah's aiming to designate an Official State Gun, what firearms will the other Western states decide to honor?
by Ed Quillen, Feb 15, 2011 -
The supposedly protected Wyoming Range faces new energy development
Roughnecks and hunters are fighting plans to drill for natural gas in the Hoback-Noble Basin of the Wyoming Range.
by Emilene Ostlind, Dec 07, 2010 -
A visit to a ghost town in San Francisco Bay
The federal government has decided to let the tides take what's left of the San Francisco Bay ghost town known as Drawbridge.
by Nick Neely, Dec 05, 2010 -
How outsiders shape the West
Oklahoma isn't part of the West, but its two Republican senators have an enormous influence on the region.
by Ray Ring, Nov 07, 2010 -
This land was once their land
The Northwest is still haunted by the tragic history of Chief Joseph and the Nez Perce Indians.
by Rich Wandschneider, Oct 21, 2010 -
'The music of men's lives'
In his new novel, Work Song, Ivan Doig describes the struggle between mine owners and union activists in post-WWI Butte, Mont.
by Kathleen Yale, Oct 10, 2010 -
His photographs trace the passage of time
Photographer Mark Klett has made an art of rephotographing Western landscapes first documented about 100 years ago
by Renee Guillory, Sep 30, 2010 -
The easy way to purify our geography
We can't change the names of places that were named for scoundrels, but we can change their namesakes.
by Ed Quillen, Jan 28, 2010






