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The CCC in the West
A series of stories detailing projects of the New Deal Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) in western National Monuments and National Park.
Fire in Intermountain National Parks and Monuments
In 1963, the Advisory Board on Wildlife Management, chaired by A. Starker Leopold, published the Leopold report. It argued that controlling natural fires could be an effective forest management…
Violence Against Immigrant Laborers
Since the mid-nineteenth century, immigrants from all over the world have flocked to the Intermountain West looking for economic opportunity and the chance of a better life. Unfortunately for many of…
Chinese Immigrants in Idaho
Chinese immigrants came to Idaho in the mid to late 19th century. At its peak, the Chinese people made up 30% of Idaho’s population. Working as railroad workers, miners, farmers, merchants, and more,…