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Long-read: An excerpt from Sagebrush Empire

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Aug 13, 2021
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The following is from Sagebrush Empire: How a Remote Utah County Became the Battlefront of American Public Lands, by Jonathan P. Thompson. Torrey House Press, 2021.

I am walking across the southeastern Utah desert, looking for the Colorado state line on an overcast day in early March. I think that maybe if I could just see the state line, experience it,…

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