Event
Pacific Northwest Historians Guild/Museum of History and Industry Conference
WELCOME RECEPTION - Friday, February 29th 6-8pm
enjoy live music, drinks, hor d'oeuvres and a special tour of MOHAI's exhibit Lincoln: The Constitution and the Civil War. Cost:$20
CONFERENCE - Saturday, March 1, 2008 8:30am-5 pm
SCHEDULE:
8:15 Registration
8:45 Welcome/Convene
9:00-9:30 PLENARY SPEAKER: Chief Justice Gerry Alexander
"Abe Lincoln and Washington Territory"
9:45-11:00 WAR AND DIPLOMACY IN THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST
Chair: Brian Casserly
Michael Vouri "Civil War Connections: Pig War
Officers North and South"
Bill Woodward "San Juan Island, not San Juan Hill:
All Quiet on the (North)western Front during the
Civil War
James Jewell "Thwarting Southern Schemes and Defus-
ing British Bluster in the PNW during the Civil War
11:15-12:00 EVERYDAY LIFE IN WESTERN WASHINGTON DURING THE
CIVIL WAR Chair: Doris Pieroth
Sharon Boswell "Indian People in Washington Terri-
tory during the Civil War
Alan Stein "A Day in the Life of "Wartime Seattle"
12:15-1:15 LUNCH/SPEAKER: Robert Ficken "The Civil Ware
in Washington Territory"
1:30-3:00 POLITICS AND DISSENT ON THE PNW HOMEFRONT
Chair: Charles LeWarne
John Whitmer "Copperheads, Confederates or Conspir-
ators: Revisiting Idaho's Price's Army and the
Second Missouri Compromise"
Junius Rochester "Mainstream or Menace: Resident
Southerners in the Pacific Northwest 1861-1865
G. Thomas Edwards "Oregon Senator Benjamin Stark
and the Divil War Dissent 1861-1862"
1:30-3:00 WORKING SESSION:BIOGRAPHY AND FAMILY HISTORY
Chair: Lorraine McConaghy
Patty McNamee "Resources and Techniques for Civil
War Research at NARA
Darlene Hamilton "Using Seattle Public Library to
Research the Civil War Experience
Case Study: Marjorie Ann Reeves "Researching Wash-
ington's Confederate Veterans
Case Study: Denise Ottoson, Loretta-Marie Dimond,
James Dimond "Researchng and preserving the
GAR Cemetery
3:15-4:30 AFTER THE WAR
Chair: Candace Lein-Hayes
Kyra Kester "The Effects of Combat on Civil War
Veterans in the Pacific Northwest
Cynthia Wilson "A Study of 14 U.S. Colored Troops
and one Black Confederate Soldier Who Found Their
Way to Washington Territory
JoAnne King "The Washington Soldiers'Home and
Colony: The Search for Ira King"
Anne Richardson "Howards's War: O. O. Howard
Wrestles with Angels, Indians, History and his Own
Boss as he Crosses Yellowstone Park during the
Nez Perce War of 1877
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LocationMuseum of History and Industry
2700 24th ave e
seattle, WA 98112
United States
Categories
| Kid Friendly: No |
| Dog Friendly: No |
| Non-Smoking: No |
| Wheelchair Accessible: No |
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Contact
| Owner: cathy lykes |
| On BPT Since: Jan 02, 2008 |
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