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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

click here to make reservations for this free event

8:30 a.m. Doors open at East Library

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
Rapid Round of Illustrated Presentations
  • 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!”


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