A Colorado journalist's newsletter on the environmental, economic and literary history of the American West, with essays on Yellowstone's inaccurate portrayal of rural life and on the novel Centennial. Its sharp, witty essays combine reporting on oil and gas with literary criticism.
Website: https://www.chasewoodruff.com/
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.
This newsletter publishes history articles about the Old West, centered on the Lincoln County War and Billy the Kid, grounded in primary sources such as letters, obituaries, coroner's testimony and census records. Each issue examines a specific question or little-known figure and weighs the evidence behind popular legends.
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