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Dr. Ryan Dearinger, Associate Professor & Chair, Department of History, Eastern Oregon University Ryan Dearinger tells the story of the immigrants and Americans—the Irish, Chinese, Mormons, and native-born citizens—whose labor created the West's infrastructure and turned the nation's dream of a continental empire into a reality. Salvaging stories often omitted from the triumphant narrative of […]

In the decade following the end of World War II, public and private forces collided over plans to construct a massive federal dam on the Snake River at Hells Canyon. The battle sparked national debates about nature, energy, economic development, and political power, as private interests successfully “unplugged” the New Deal in the US Northwest […]