Digital public history site and mobile apps curating the histories of Intermountain West historical via an interactive map for virtual and walking tours.
Intermountain Histories is a free website and mobile app that curates histories of sites and events around the Intermountain West regions of Idaho, Wyoming, Montana, Nevada, Utah, Colorado, Arizona, and New Mexico. You can download the free mobile app by searching for “Intermountain Histories” in the Apple app store for iOS devices (iPhone, iPad - https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/id1200039622) or G
oogle Play app store for Android devices (https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.curatescape.intermountain). You can also access the project on the internet at http://www.intermountainhistories.org. Discover the histories of the region’s peoples, places, institutions, events, cultures, and more. Using an interactive GPS-enabled map, you can take virtual or physical walking tours of historic sites. As your personal tour guide, Intermountain Histories provides historical information, photographs and images, documentary videos, audio interviews, oral histories, bibliographic citations, and other resources as you explore. Hosted and managed by the Charles Redd Center for Western Studies at Brigham Young University, the collaborative project features carefully researched histories developed by students and professors from institutions around the Intermountain West. New pins will be dropped on the map continually as collaborators conduct new research, so check back often. Follow the project Facebook and Twitter accounts for notices of updated content at http://www.facebook.com/IntermountainHistories and http://www.twitter.com/InterMtnHistory. Questions and comments can be directed to [email protected].