Pacific Northwest Historians Guild - Conference on Territorial life, 1853 to 1889

Conference on Territorial life, 1853 to 1889:

MARKING THE SESQUICENTENNIAL OF THE FOUNDING OF WASHINGTON TERRITORY
Pasco, October 24^th & October 25^th, 2003

Friday evening pre-conference activities
5:30 pm	Franklin County Courthouse, Social Hour, 5:30 p.m., Dinner 6:30 p.m 1016 North Fourth Avenue, Pasco, WA Enjoy an authentic Mexican Dinner under the dome of the 1912 National Register Franklin County Courthouse.
	Welcoming Remarks: David Nicandri, Director, Washington State Historical Museum. "In the Footsteps of Lewis & Clark: Reflections on Isaac A. Stevens"
	After Dinner Address: Antone Minthorn, Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation "Washington Territory, A Native American’s Perspective"
Saturday Conference Program Muse Byron Gjerde Center, Columbia Basin College, conference sessions and luncheon, 8 am to 4:30 pm, 2600 North 20^th Avenue – Pasco, Washington
8:00 am	Registration
8:30 am	Opening Plenary Session Keynote Speaker: ROBERT E. FICKEN, Author of Washington Territory, "Reflections on Telling the Territorial Story"
9:15 am	Territorial Politics & Governance Moderator, Jim Rabideau, Trustee Emeritus, Franklin County Historical Society
	Dennis Weber Pioneer Rebellion North of the Columbia
	M. Lethene Parks Hudson’s Bay Company at Fort Colvile, Yesterday & Today
	Barb Kubik Ainsworth, Railroad Town & County Seat
	Territorial Transportation: Trials & Trails Moderator, John Baule, Director, Yakima Valley Museum, Yakima
	Junius Rochester River Highways: Nature’s Watery Routes Without End
	Judith Bentley The Cascade Passes: Crossing to Statehood
	David Harvey Early Transportation Routes and Community Development on the Hanford Site during the Washington Territory Period
10:30 am	Break: Books, Exhibits, Information
10:45 am	Native Americans & Territorial Militia Moderator, James Payne, Director, Ft. Walla Walla Museum, Walla Walla
	Darby Stapp Native American Influences from the Priest Rapids Valley During the Territorial Period
	Wilma Fletcher The Era of Chief Old Bones at Palouse Falls
	William Woodward The Territorial Militia and the Treaty Wars of the 1850s
	Religious Life Moderator, Kay Reinartz, Author, The Inland Northwest, Seattle
	Roberta Brown Why Bother With a Bishop? Religion, Identity, Conflict and the Complex Cultural Realities in Washington Territory
	Cathy Lee-Haight Churches in Territorial Dayton
	Loretta Greene Sisters of Providence
	Truthful & Tall Tales: Reading about Washington Territory Moderator, Garry Schalliol, Director, Heritage Resource Center & Outreach Services Division, Washington State Historical Society
	Kathryn Hamilton-Wang Colorful Characters of Washington Territory
	Luella Dow Juba’s Cup
	Untold Stories: Early Settlers of Washington Territory Moderator, Gwen Leth, Director, Columbia River Exhibition of History Science & Technology
	Kay Reinartz A Glance Through the Window: Women’s Lives in Territorial Days
	Jean Carol Davis William Polk Gray, Noted Steamboat Captain
	Ginny Butler Baileysburg: First Furniture Factory East of the Cascades
2:45 pm	Territorial Digging: Research Resources Moderator, Sam Reed, Secretary of Washington State
	Carla Rickerson Washington Territory Historical Resources at the University Libraries
	Laila Miletic-Vejzovic Overview of Washington State University Collections Related to Washington Territory
	Jerry Handfield Democracy, the Secretary and the Researcher: The Value of State Archives Records on Sex, Crime, Violence and Decisions
	Susan Beamer Researching the State Archives: Territorial Holdings at the Eastern Washington Regional Branch

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