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    Billings, Montana: America’s Real Gateway to the West

    by Malcolm Logan March 13, 2021
    by Malcolm Logan March 13, 2021

    Traveling west from the plains of North Dakota something interesting happens as you approach Billings. The land begins to break up. The …

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    Meltdown: How Two Hotheads May Have Caused America’s First Nuclear Disaster

    by Malcolm Logan March 6, 2021
    by Malcolm Logan March 6, 2021

    The story goes like this. Two young enlisted men in their early twenties were tasked with operating a nuclear reactor in the …

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    A Visit to Sun Valley, America’s First Destination Ski Resort

    by Malcolm Logan February 27, 2021
    by Malcolm Logan February 27, 2021

    Skiing came to Sun Valley—as it came to all of us—by a roundabout manner. Having existed in Norway for centuries as a …

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    Groundbreaking Attractions: Over and Under in the New Las Vegas

    by Malcolm Logan March 16, 2020
    by Malcolm Logan March 16, 2020

    Grinning, I worked the levers and lowered my bucket. Drawing the teeth down and back, I chewed my first hole in the …

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    Good Medicine: A Spiritual Journey Through Monument Valley

    by Malcolm Logan March 2, 2020
    by Malcolm Logan March 2, 2020

    As a child he witnessed magic. Among the spires of orange and russet rock, in the shadows of parapets ribboned with plum …

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    Wild Man: Down to Earth and Out on the Edge with the Mayor of Telluride

    by Malcolm Logan February 15, 2020
    by Malcolm Logan February 15, 2020

    My brother Curt and I were sitting in the dining room of the Little America Hotel in Flagstaff, AZ after our ski …

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  • New Mexico

    Psycho Path: Slipping Over the Edge at Taos Ski Valley

    by Malcolm Logan February 5, 2019
    by Malcolm Logan February 5, 2019

    Some warning labels are ridiculous. A warning label on a chainsaw says: Do not attempt to stop chain with hands. A warning …

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  • Arizona

    America’s First War on Terror: Sundown at Fort Bowie, AZ

    by Malcolm Logan January 20, 2019
    by Malcolm Logan January 20, 2019

    When he found the bodies, George Bascom was furious. Didn’t this prove what he had been saying all along, that the Indian …

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    Message in a Black Box: Alien Encounters at Area 51

    by Malcolm Logan September 15, 2018
    by Malcolm Logan September 15, 2018

    The black mailbox was white. Or more precisely it was a black mailbox locked inside a white outer box, a mystery locked …

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  • Utah

    Going the Way of the Dinosaurs: Surviving a Mountain Biking Trip to Moab

    by Malcolm Logan August 19, 2018
    by Malcolm Logan August 19, 2018

    It’s true. Mountain biking is one of the most exciting, gut-checking, adrenaline-pumping sports there is. It requires skill, finesse, courage and physical …

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