With its 19th-century stylings, County Highway evokes a slower, simpler time. But while “America’s only newspaper” provides a break from 21st-century media and technology, it’s still very much engaged with everyday life in the country. Focusing on the small towns and out of the way places across the United States, it provides a unique perspective on what it means to be American.

 
In this issue:

• Extreme hardship and unruly adventure in Wisconsin
• Corruption and exploitation in the Telluride ski patrol wars
• How the race for pineapple riches destroyed Maui in Hawaii
• Backstage with 49 Winchester, the country band that’s defying the algorithms to find their audience
• And astrology, cowboy boots, lonely hearts, and much more, in the County Highway classifieds