Northwest History

Help me out here with my next book, a comparative study of some North American cities--but which ones?
I want to write about a book about how cities use their own history to define themselves and to present themselves to visitors and the world at large. My project is partly inspired by Clint Smith's wonderful book How the Word is Passed. Those of you...

I administer a Facebook group named Spokane History Researchers where folks trade questions and answers about local history. The other day we got an interesting one:
Last spring my wife and I started a new pastime (for us) of exploring tiny towns in the Spokane area. She takes lots of pictures and then writes up a little travelogue to post on Facebook. We always do a little research on the history of the place, and...

Well THAT was fun!
I am just back from CampingCon 2024, held at Camp Thunderbird in Mimbres, New Mexico. A Campingcon is a conference focused on the topic of public history in outdoor spaces, where the participants camp.
A road in the Mimbres Mountain of southern New Mexico....

Americans are involved in a national reconsidering of our history right now, and particularly of historical monuments. Statues of treasonous Confederates, in particular, are dropping like flies. Columbus is faring poorly as well. Even former saints like...