Pikes Peak Regional History Symposium
Myths & Mysteries of the Rocky Mountain West
Sat., June 11, 2016
East Library
5550 N. Union Blvd.
Colorado Springs, CO 80918
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8:30 a.m. Doors open at East Library
9 a.m. Welcome & Opening Remarks
9:15–10:45 a.m.
Myths & Mysteries—Perception
10:45 –11 a.m.
Break
11 a.m.–12:30 p.m.
Myths & Mysteries—Place
12:30–1:15 p.m.
Complimentary Light Lunch
1:15–3:15 p.m.
Myths & Mysteries—People
3:15–4:30 p.m.—Reception & “Oh! Oh! I know that!”
9 a.m. Welcome & Opening Remarks
9:15–10:45 a.m.
Myths & Mysteries—Perception
- Michael L. Olsen—“Not a pepper nor an onion”: The Myth of the Bloodless Conquest of New Mexico in 1846
- Katherine Sturdevant—Manifest Destiny Comes to the Great American Desert: How Expansionist Legends Fared in the Rocky Mountain West
- Pamela Owens & Bernard (Beau) Schriever—Breaking from the Hurd: Toward a Real History of the Place Known as Bents’ First Stockade
- Beau Driver—“A Well Located Chautauqua”: The Garden of the Gods Summer School & Assembly of 1902
- Mike Olsen—Questions & Answers
10:45 –11 a.m.
Break
11 a.m.–12:30 p.m.
Myths & Mysteries—Place
- Steve Ruskin—Killer Rats & Missing Links: An Analysis of Two Regional Hoaxes that had National Impact
- John Stansfield—Weathering the Weird & Wild: Tall Tales & True of Army Life at the Pikes Peak Summit
- Susan Fletcher—Myths & Mysteries in the Museum
- Rick Sturdevant—UFO Sightings Across the Rocky Mountain West: A Historical, Non-Hysterical Survey
- Mike Olsen—Questions & Answers
12:30–1:15 p.m.
Complimentary Light Lunch
1:15–3:15 p.m.
Myths & Mysteries—People
- Joyce B. Lohse—Baby Doe Tabor: A Matchless Spirit
- Richard Marold—Winfield Scott Stratton: How Many Marriages?
- Dennis Daily—Lone Eagle: The White Sioux
- Eric Swab—Henry Law’s Lanter City: The Next Cripple Creek?
- Nethery Wylie—How do I look?: Western Women in Photographs
- Tammila K. Wright—Remember Who You Are
- Doris A. McCraw--Doc Susie & Hollywood: Myths of 19th Century Women Doctors in Colorado
- Mike Olsen—Questions & Answers
3:15–4:30 p.m.—Reception & “Oh! Oh! I know that!”
