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# The Legacy of Lynching in the West
- URL: https://www.adamsowards.net/the-legacy-of-lynching-in-the-west/
- Published: 2018-07-13T07:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2025-02-16T17:44:13.000Z
- Author: Adam M. Sowards
- Tags: magazine articles, publication, high country news, reckoning with history, 2018, lynching, american west

"Reckoning with History: The legacy of lynching in the West," *High Country News* (July 13, 2018). 

[Reckoning with History: The legacy of lynching in the West - High Country NewsViolence, often thought of as ‘frontier justice,’ disproportionately targeted people of color.![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/fa/10/fa102a82-f50e-4e06-9a70-213785342d94/content/images/icon/cropped-HCN_Logo-Monogram_White_Sq-2-16.png)High Country NewsAdam M. Sowards![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/fa/10/fa102a82-f50e-4e06-9a70-213785342d94/content/images/thumbnail/webcropHanging_of_Juanita_in_Downieville.jpg)](https://www.hcn.org/articles/reckoning-with-history-the-legacy-of-lynching-in-the-West?ref=adamsowards.net)