Speaking Schedule

2024 Calendar

April

  • Saturday, April 6, 10 am - La Vista Public Library - “The Queen’s Road: Nebraska’s Bumpy Ride to Statehood”

  • Wednesday, April 10, 10 am – Nebraska Rural Electric Association Editors Workshop, Lincoln – “Marking Nebraska” (private engagement)

  • Thursday, April 11, 1 pm - Atkinson Public Library - The Queen’s Road: Nebraska’s Bumpy Ride to Statehood”

  • Saturday, April 13, 10:30 am - Creighton Public Library - “The Queen’s Road: Nebraska’s Bumpy Ride to Statehood”

  • Monday, April 15, 7 pm - Alice M. Farr Public Library, Aurora - “The Queen’s Road: Nebraska’s Bumpy Ride to Statehood”

  • Tuesday, April 16, 7 pm - Hartington Public Library - “Jesse James in Nebraska”

  • Wednesday, April 24, 12:15 pm - Community Center, Hickman - “The Forts of Nebraska”

  • Thursday, April 25, 12:15 pm - American Legion, Bennet - “The Forts of Nebraska”

  • Saturday, April 27, 9:45 am - Neihardt Spring Conference, Wayne State College, Wayne - “Marking Nebraska: Our (Mostly) Hidden Historical Monuments”

  • Monday, April 29, 12:15 pm - Community Center, Firth - “The Forts of Nebraska”

May

  • Thursday, May 2, 6 pm - Alliance Public Library - “To Live and Die on the Plains”

  • Tuesday, May 7, 11:30 am - Colonial Dames, Omaha - “Marking Nebraska: Our (Mostly) Hidden Historical Monuments”

  • Saturday, May 11, 3:30 pm - Florence Mill, Omaha - “The Queen’s Road: Nebraska’s Bumpy Ride to Statehood”

  • Tuesday, May 21, 6 pm – Kearney Public Library – “The Forts of Nebraska”

  • Wednesday, May 22, 12:30 pm - Milford Senior Center - TBD

  • Thursday, May 23, 12 pm - Southwest Omaha Kiwanis - “The Forts of Nebraska”

  • Thursday, May 30, 6:30 pm - Jensen Memorial Library, Minden - “Marking Nebraska: Our (Mostly) Hidden Historical Monuments”

June

  • Saturday, June 1, 1 pm - Fort Sisseton History Festival, Lake City SD - “Forts of the Dakota Territory”

  • Saturday, June 8, 2 pm - Hastings Public Library - “The (Mad) Queen of the Prairies”

  • Sunday, June 9, 2 pm - Omaha Public Library, 84th and Grover - “The Queen’s Road: Nebraska’s Bumpy Ride to Statehood”

  • Tuesday, June 11, 2 pm - Elgin Public Library - TBD

  • Thursday, June 13, 6 pm - Lied Public Library, Winside - “The Queen’s Road: Nebraska’s Bumpy Ride to Statehood”

  • Tuesday, June 18, 6:30 pm - Fairbury Public Library - “To Live and Die on the Plains”

  • Thursday, June 20, 6 pm - Beatrice Public Library - “The Queen’s Road: Nebraska’s Bumpy Ride to Statehood”

July

  • Wednesday, July 10, 1 pm - Lied Senior Center, Seward - “Buffalo Bill’s Nebraska”

  • Saturday, July 27, 2 pm - Raymond A. Whitwer Public Library, Tilden - “Buffalo Bill’s Nebraska”

August

  • Saturday, August 3, 1 pm - Wayne Public Library - “Buffalo Bill’s Nebraska”

  • Saturday, August 10, TBA - Indianola Historical Society - TBD

  • Thursday, August 15, 6:30 pm - Bellevue Public Library - “The Queen’s Road: Nebraska’s Bumpy Ride to Statehood”

September

  • Sunday, September 1, 2 pm - Fort Hartsuff State Historical Park - “The Forts of Nebraska”

  • Sunday, September 8, TBD - Old Fort Meade Museum, Sturgis SD - “The Forts of South Dakota”

  • Tuesday, September 10, TBD - Knight Museum and Sandhills Center, Alliance NE - “The Queen’s Road: Nebraska’s Bumpy Ride to Statehood”

  • Sunday, September 15, 2 pm - Central Community College, Grand Island - “Marking Nebraska: Our (Mostly) Hidden Historical Monuments”

  • Sunday, September 29, 2 pm - Frontier County Historical Society, Curtis Community Center - “The Queen’s Road: Nebraska’s Bumpy Ride to Statehood”

October

  • Sunday, October 13, 2 pm - Central Community College, Grand Island - “The ‘Mad’ Queen of the Prairies: The Frenzied First Years of the Nebraska Territory”

  • Wednesday, October 16, 12 noon - Hruska Memorial Public Library, David City - “The Queen’s Road: Nebraska’s Bumpy Ride to Statehood”

November

  • Sunday, November 3, 2 pm - Central Community College, Grand Island - “The Queen’s Road: Nebraska’s Bumpy Ride to Statehood”

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