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.

Articles

Of Politics and Poplars

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…