Brian Leech

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<p>Historian of the U.S. West and Midwest. Professor at Augustana College in Illinois. Research on environmental history, mining, food, energy, pop culture. Currently writing about the portrayal of mining in popular culture and the history of U.S. speed limits. He/him. Opinions my own and not my employer’s. <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/histodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>histodon</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/histodons" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>histodons</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/envhist" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>envhist</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/envhum" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>envhum</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/mininghistory" class=