Hair-Raising Tales from the Department of the Interior

Authors

Patty Limerick, University of Colorado Boulder

Document Type

Lecture

Location

Logan LDS Tabernacle,

Publication Date

9-29-2016

Streaming Media

Abstract

Contrary to the stereotype of the boring bureaucrat, the stories of the men and women who have worked for the agencies in the Department of the Interior carry intrinsic interest and give rise to thought-provoking interpretations of, and insights into, the American West’s past and present. Enormously important in the shaping of the American West, federal employees have been unjustly and inaccurately classified as ‘boring

Recommended Citation

Limerick, Patty, "Hair-Raising Tales from the Department of the Interior" (2016). Arrington Annual Lecture. Paper 22.
https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/arrington_lecture/22