Wilderness and Its Visionaries in the Northern Rockies
The Rocky Mountains of Idaho and Montana are home to some of the most important remaining American wilderness areas, preserved because of citizens who stood against massive development schemes that would have diminished important wildlife habitats and the abiding sense of remoteness found in such places. Where Roads Will Never Reach tells the ......
The Saga of Lucien L. Nunn and Deep Springs College
Here is a look at the life and legacy of an irrepressible innovator. Pushing against both social convention and technological boundaries, L.L. Nunn left enduring marks on economic and social history, labor development, and, educational reform. The Electric Edge of Academe is a bold portrayal of this progressive-era hydroelectric power magnate who, ......
Thirty-seven Days of Peril" and a Handwritten Account of Being Lost
In 1870, Truman Everts visited what would two years later become Yellowstone National Park, traveling with an exploration party intent on mapping and investigating that mysterious region. Scattered reports of a mostly unexplored wilderness filled with natural wonders had caught the public's attention and the fifty-four-year-old Everts, nearsighted ......
The memoirs and stories of George W. Brown, who was deeply involved in the oil industry in Pennsylvania in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. First published in 1911 by the Derrick Publishing Company.
This Publication of the Texas Folklore Society has something for everyone. The first section features a good bit of occupational lore, including articles on cowboys-both legendary ones and the relatively unknown men who worked their trade day by day wherever they could. You'll also find a unique, personal look at a famous outlaw and learn about a ......
Drama, Decadence, and Dissipation along Ogden's Rowdiest Road
Generations of Ogdenites have grown up absorbing 25th Street's legends of corruption, menace, and depravity. The rest of Utah has tended to judge Ogden-known in its first century as a "gambling hell" and tenderloin, and in recent years as a degraded skid row-by the street's gaudy reputation. Present-day Ogden embraces the afterglow of 25th ......
Drama, Decadence, and Dissipation along Ogden's Rowdiest Road
Generations of Ogdenites have grown up absorbing 25th Street's legends of corruption, menace, and depravity. The rest of Utah has tended to judge Ogden-known in its first century as a "gambling hell" and tenderloin, and in recent years as a degraded skid row-by the street's gaudy reputation. Present-day Ogden embraces the afterglow of 25th ......
This carefully researched and illuminating biography recounts a pivotal period in Utah's history as seen through the life of businessman, community activist, and statesman Joe Rosenblatt. After successfully building his manufacturing and construction business, Eimco Corporation, into an industry leader and by the 1950s Utah's largest privately ......
After more than 50 years of plans to dam the Green River, it finally happened in 1963 as part of the Colorado River Storage Project. Today many people enjoy boating and fishing on the resultant Flaming Gorge reservoir, but few know about what lies under the water. Unlike Glen Canyon, Flaming Gorge has received little attention. In Lost Canyons of ......
