Western History

While our Founding Fathers were crafting our democracy in 1776, the Dominguez-Escalante expedition was crossing through Utah trying to find a path from Santa Fe to California.

Classic car and truck owners gathered in New Mexico to show off their prized vehicles. Some remembered riding along the highway decades ago, while others are newer to the scene.

For decades at the end of the 1800s, the American West was a crucible of change, with the highest murder rate per capita in American history. The reasons behind this boil down to one word: Texas.

Brigham City’s story began in 1854 when 50 pioneer families in Salt Lake committed to build a new city based on the co-operative movement.

When he came into the StoryCorps booth with Ann Norman, Darren Parry talked about the early Shoshone and the part his grandmother played in the history of the Bear River Massacre.

We revisit a conversation with longtime teacher turned editor and writer, Kim Bancroft gives us a look into nineteenth-century California in her new book 'Writing Themselves into History'.

Our guest is Naoíse Mac Sweeney, professor of classical archaeology at the University of Vienna. She joins us to talk about her new book The West, debunking the myths and origin stories that underpin the history we thought we knew.

On this episode, longtime teacher turned editor and writer, Kim Bancroft gives us a look into nineteenth-century California in her new book 'Writing Themselves into History'.

On Tuesday’s Access Utah, Jim DeFelice joins us to talk about his new book “West Like Lightning: The Brief Legendary Ride of the Pony Express."On the eve…