In the late-nineteenth-century Intermountain West, crisis befell members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Family members went into hiding, separated from one another by hundreds,…

Congress passed the first Homestead Act in 1862. It opened millions of acres for Americans to settle outside of cities. The plots were generally 160 acres, and the opportunities west of the…

Western mining towns in the late-nineteenth century were generally lonely places to live, especially for women. The many men and few women from diverse backgrounds that traveled to remote mining towns…

This tour explores five university-led herbariums within the Intermountain West. The sites within the collection will provide a narrative story of each herbarium, describing their unique beginnings, a…