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Abstract
The rural American West is a rapidly changing region. Geographers often use the Old West and New West to describe the economic, cultural, and environmental shifts happening within the communities of these regions. However, previous research on the rural West often overlooks the larger economic processes and cultural variables at work in the creation of these regions. Using a case study of Hamilton, Montana, to explore the New West and Anaconda, Montana, to examine the Old West, this paper seeks to begin a richer discussion of the rural American West. These two communities exemplify the interrelated impacts of shifting geographies of capital investment, processes of rural gentrification, and the formative role of nature as a cultural variable in shaping development within the region.
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