She spoke with Texas Standard about her reporting.
She interviewed Rowe about his experience, and the standoff that briefly put his community in the national spotlight. Rachel Monroe is a contributing writer with The New Yorker. Joe Rowe still lives in the adobe house with commanding views of the scrubby West Texas mountains. The standoff at a resort just north of Fort Davis began when members of the group took a local couple hostage in their home because they wanted to use the property as their headquarters.
For seven days in April 1997, an armed militia styling itself as the Republic of Texas tried to secede from the state, leading to an infamous weeklong standoff with law enforcement in West Texas.
