Stories and Reports
Stories and Reports
Stories and Reports
Stories and Reports
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This initiative has been generously supported by the Spencer F. & Cleone P. Eccles Family Foundation
“We will emphasize those issues that have for too long gone under-studied by scholars and under-reported in the mainstream media. And we hope to begin conversations that will lead to some salutary results.”
– David M. Kennedy, Historian and faculty co-director of the Bill Lane Center for the American West
Railroads, Fences and the ‘Big Empty’: West Reads for March 5-9
Last modified Fri, 9 Mar, 2012 at 12:33
Timber Payments, Cattle and the Safety Net: West Reads for Feb. 7-14
Last modified Tue, 14 Feb, 2012 at 11:04
Earmarks, Jobs and Environment: West Reads for Jan. 31 — Feb. 6
"School buses are likely to keep rolling for now," the Los Angeles Times reports. (Photo: GreenWhiteOrange/Flickr)
Last modified Mon, 6 Feb, 2012 at 15:25
‘Real Rural,’ School Buses and Cattle Branding: West Reads for Jan. 23-30
Last modified Mon, 30 Jan, 2012 at 13:53
Broadband, Drilling and 'Zombie Developments': West Reads for March 12-16
In this first-ever Storify edition of West Reads, we round up what our community is reading about the rural American west this week. See past editions of West Reads at ruralwest.stanford.edu. Please share your favorite pieces by using the Twitter hashtag #westreads or stopping by the center’s Facebook page.
Last modified Thu, 15 Mar, 2012 at 16:27
