Peeling Back The Bark
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Spring-cleaner, spare that box of old photos!
By Guest Contributor on February 16, 2012Three cheers for the diligence and hard work of archivists! Without their labor it would be next to impossible to write informed historical narrative. In this blog entry, David Brownstein conducts a conversation with Tom Anderson, Provincial Archives of Alberta, …
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Placing the "Jesus statue in Montana" controversy in a forest history context
By James Lewis on February 2, 2012Over the past several months, U.S. Forest Service officials have become ensnared in controversy over an unusual topic—a mountaintop statue of Jesus Christ on the Flathead National Forest. After some initial hesitation, the Forest Service announced on Tuesday that …