Considered the largest privately-owned university in the United States, Brigham Young University offers a unique experience and a rich history. Founded in 1875 as an academy for students of all ages,…
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One might not expect to find commemorations of the Confederacy north of the Mason–Dixon Line, let alone west of the Rocky Mountains, yet the Intermountain West boasts several: a city named after…
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Driving through Eastern Idaho, you pass what seems like an endless stretch of large green farms, often with massive sprinklers spreading thousands of gallons of water over dozens of different types of…
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At the tail end of a groundbreaking wave of environmental legislation, Congress passed the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act in 1980. It was designed to investigate…
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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…
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Beginning in 1862, the Homestead Act gave any head of household over the age of 21 the right to homestead federal land. After proving up (colloquial phrase for the legal process of securing title to…
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