The following essay is excerpted and adapted from Sagebrush Empire: How a Remote Utah County Became the Battlefront of American Public Lands, by Jonathan P. Thompson. We’re running it now to celebrate the big storm heading toward Southeastern Utah.
It is probably a fool’s errand for someone who is pushing fifty to try to understand why he made a certain…
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