Speaking Schedule

2025 Calendar

June 2025

  • Wednesday, June 4, 6:30 pm - Valley Community Historical Society - “Buffalo Bill’s Nebraska” (Program follows business meeting)

  • Saturday, June 7, 10 am - Fort Sisseton Historical Festival, Lake City SD - “Forts of the Dakota Territory”

  • Sunday, June 8, 12 noon - Fort Sisseton Historical Festival, Lake City SD  - “Forts of the Dakota Territory”

  • Tuesday, June 10, 7 pm (MT) - Scotts Bluff National Monument, Gering - “Marking Nebraska: Our Mostly Hidden Historical Monuments”

  • Thursday, June 12, 6 pm - Lied Public Library, Winside NE - “Jesse James in Nebraska”

  • Wednesday, June 25, 5 pm - Broken Bow Public Library - “Jesse James in Nebraska”

July 2025

  • Wednesday, July 9, 6:30 pm - Niobrara Public Library - “Jesse James in Nebraska”

  • Monday, July 14, 6:30 pm - Eastmont, Lincoln - “Jesse James in Nebraska”

  • Wednesday, July 16, 1 pm - Lied Senior Center, Seward - “To Live and Die on the Plains”

  • Saturday, July 26, 2 pm - Raymond A. Witwer Public Library, Tilden - “Forts of the Missouri River Valley”

  • Monday, July 28, 12:30 and 2 pm - Annual OLLI Omaha Showcase, Scott Conference Center, UNO Campus - “Buffalo Bill’s Nebraska”

August 2025

  • Saturday, August 9, 2 pm - Fort Robinson History Center, Crawford - TBD

  • Wednesday, August 13, 3:30 pm - “Nebraska’s Landmark Buildings”

  • Thursday, August 14, 6 pm - Bellevue Public Library - “Forts of the Missouri River Valley”

September 2025

  • Sunday, September 14, 2 pm - Columbus Public Library - “Forts of the Missouri River Valley”

  • Wednesday, September 24, 11 am - Osher Lifetime Learning Institute (OLLI) - Thompson Alumni Center, UNO Campus, Omaha - “Contact and Conflict: The Monumental Story of Nebraska and the Indian Wars” (NOTE: Membership in OLLI is required and seating is limited. Visit olli@unl.edu for more information.)

  • Saturday, September 27, 2 pm - Central Community College, Grand Island - “To Live and Die on the Plains”

  • Sunday, September 28, 2 pm - Frontier County Historical Society, Curtis - “Jesse James in Nebraska”

October 2025

  • Thursday, October 2, 12 noon - Homestake Adams Research & Cultural Center, Deadwood SD - “Forts of the Dakota Territory”

  • Sunday, October 5, 2 pm - Lewis & Clark Interpretive Center, Sioux City IA - “Jesse James in Nebraska”

  • Thursday, October 30, 11 am - Osher Lifetime Learning Institute (OLLI) - Thompson Alumni Center, UNO Campus, Omaha - “A Bad Man in the Good Life: Jesse James in Nebraska” (NOTE: Membership in OLLI is required and seating is limited. Visit olli@unl.edu for more information.)

November 2025

  • Saturday, November 1, 2 pm - Central Community College, Grand Island - “The Great Nebraska Buffalo Hunt of 1872”

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