Darlene M. Phillips

DARLENE M. PHILLIPS is a native Utahn. She is a free-lance writer of both articles and fiction, with a particular interest in pioneer history throughout the West.

Of Politics and Poplars

Articles/Essays – Volume 20, No. 4

The Lombardy poplars are almost gone now. This shouldn’t nag at me, but it does. They used to be everywhere in Utah, lining the edges of farms, marking a town’s boundaries, or marching down long…