State Line

Long-read: An excerpt from Sagebrush Empire

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,…