Crossing Borders
The Landscapes & Communities of Highway 89
Caroline Lavoie
Caroline Lavoie
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The exhibit “Crossing Borders” chronicles Highway 89 from Canada to Mexico through drawings, photographs, and film. The artist, Caroline Lavoie, is a professor in Land, Architecture and Environmental Planning at Utah State University. “Crossing Borders: The Landscapes & Communities of Highway 89,” provides a contemporary context for the traveler’s experience as Highway 89 links seven national parks across the Mountain West, and is sometimes called the National Park Highway.
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rails across the rockiesIntroducing visitors to the railroads' key role in the growth of the American West, Yellowstone National Park. Discover the extraordinary people who by skill, brawn, and often sheer will power created one of the greatest engineering feats in human history -- the rails across the Rockies.
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Remarkable MigrationsAn adaptation of the groundbreaking exhibit by the Buffalo Bill Center of the West in Cody, Wyoming. The migration of thousands of elk in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem comes to life with the combination of the research of wildlife biologist Arthur Middleton, Ph.D., the captivating photography of Joe Riis, and the striking paintings and drawings of James Prosek.
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