Gather at Cruise Control Contemporary in Cambria for an evening of reading, discussion, and Q&A featuring the good folks of County Highway: Editor in Chief David Samuels and writers Jeff Weiss and Meaghan Garvey.

County Highway is a print-only broadsheet that calls itself “America’s Only Newspaper.” Founded in 2023 by writers David Samuels and Walter Kirn, with publisher Donald Rosenfeld, it takes the form of a 20-page, bi-monthly paper designed by Pentagram in the style of a 19th-century newspaper, complete with vintage typography and a hand-drawn masthead by Lisa Orth. While its look is nostalgic, its mission is sharply contemporary: to create an antidote to screen-saturated, algorithm-driven media by offering tactile, crafted writing that emphasizes overlooked corners of American life—small towns, rural roads, and the cultural undercurrents flowing outside major cities. Its content ranges from long-form essays to columns on agriculture, civil liberties, music, herbal medicine, and rural living, each infused with a mix of wit, critique, and literary sensibility.

More than just a throwback, County Highway is a cultural statement. It seeks to reverse the focus of mainstream journalism by treating every place—whether a farm town or a feed store—as equally worthy of attention. In doing so, it channels the spirit of Didion, Wolfe, and Thompson, blending humor, skepticism, and curiosity. Available only by mail subscription or at select indie outlets, it positions itself as a paper to be held, not scrolled. The newspaper embodies a kind of quiet rebellion: slowing down the act of reading, restoring physicality to media, and celebrating a stranger, truer portrait of America than the one typically captured online.