Utah’s Eternal Orchard

The original settlers are gone, but the orchards they planted in the 1880s continue to thrive.

By Valerie Pavilonis, Eric Jay Toll, Nick Pompella, & Daniel Sipes
\n/ June 27, 2026

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Valerie Pavilonis

Valerie is Ideas Editor at The Dispatch, based in New York City. Prior to joining the company in 2025, she worked at The New York Times and NewsGuard Technologies, and she is currently a Novak Fellow through The Fund for American Studies. When Valerie isn’t commissioning and editing the next big essay for The Dispatch, she is probably people-watching in a funky cafe or scheming up her next oddly-themed party.

Eric Jay Toll

Eric Jay Toll is a Phoenix-based travel writer and photographer whose work explores the history, landscapes and overlooked stories that give places their character. His reporting pairs vivid field observation with original photography, bringing readers into destinations where culture, memory and the road meet.

Nick Pompella

Nick Pompella is a science writer, editor, and reporter at Purdue University. He also works as a freelance fiction editor, and has published art criticism and foreign policy analysis for National Review.

Daniel Sipes

Daniel Sipes is a Dispatch intern from Washington, D.C. He graduated in 2026 from the University of Chicago with degrees in economics and public policy and a minor in English and creative writing. His hobbies include weightlifting, reading, and continually writing and then throwing away the first 10 pages of the Great American Novel.

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Utah’s Eternal Orchard

By Valerie Pavilonis, Eric Jay Toll, Nick Pompella, & Daniel Sipes
\n/ June 27, 2026

Utah’s Eternal Orchard

By Valerie Pavilonis, Eric Jay Toll, Nick Pompella, & Daniel Sipes
\n/ June 27, 2026

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Utah’s Eternal Orchard

The original settlers are gone, but the orchards they planted in the 1880s continue to thrive.

By Valerie Pavilonis, Eric Jay Toll, Nick Pompella, & Daniel Sipes
\n/ June 27, 2026

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Utah’s Eternal Orchard

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Utah’s Eternal Orchard

By Valerie Pavilonis, Eric Jay Toll, Nick Pompella, & Daniel Sipes
\n/ June 27, 2026

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