8 newsletters, ranked by editorial quality and how recently they published. Looking for something more specific? Search instead.
A newsletter by an environmental historian reflecting on wilderness, national parks, and conservation history through essays, travel writing, and historical narrative. Readers get thoughtful, well-sourced pieces linking places like Yosemite and Bears Ears to broader questions of memory, politics, and love of nature.
Field notes and trip write-ups on abandoned mines, railroad remnants and other historic sites across the American West. Each piece combines on-site description with researched history of the people and companies involved.
A newsletter by journalist Jonathan P. Thompson covering the Four Corners region of the American West, mixing weekly news roundups with first-person travel dispatches. Readers get local reporting on weather, water, energy and land issues, along with photos and historical context.
A newsletter that examines Old West history, with a focus on Lincoln County War figures and Billy the Kid, using primary sources such as letters, coroner's testimony and obituaries. Each issue takes one question or little-known figure and weighs the evidence, separating documented fact from legend.
A solo photographer documents small US post offices across the western United States, pairing location photos with short field notes on towns, landscapes and the buildings' histories. The newsletter also covers project updates, reflections on the work and its funding model.
Utahn is a journal of the American West focused on Utah and regional public affairs, offering reporting and arguments about public decisions, such as the planned live-streaming of an execution and a forthcoming public AI debate. Readers get news context, competing viewpoints, and updates on the publication's editorial direction.
Plateworks sells limited-run art prints of photographs and maps of the American West, with each issue presenting one image and a short caption about where it was taken. Issues include print sizes, edition counts and prices.
A history and true crime podcast about the American West, with episodes investigating the unsolved 1917 murder of IWW organizer Frank Little in Butte, Montana. Each issue is a promotional announcement for a new episode with a brief synopsis and a link to transcripts.
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