2017 Conference Wrapup

Commerce on the Frontier

October 12-14, 2017

THANK YOU!

Over 100 participants, vendors and exhibitors attended this year's 25th Annual West River History Conference, making it one of the best attended in many years. Thank you for your support.

Busy exhibit area

Historic Rapid City

Paul Higbee - Recipient of Zoom Zoom Award

Patty Campbell, Speaker
Westerners Breakfast

This conference is made possible by:

Black Hills Corral

Big Thunder Gold Mine
Center for Western Studies, Augustana University

Keystone Historical Society

Reptile Gardens

South Dakota State Railroad Museum

Tri-State Museum, Belle Fource

2016 Conference Best Paper Awards
Announced

The winners for superior papers presented at the 2016 conference were announced at last month's conference:

PATTI STORM STUDENT AWARD FOR EXCELLENCE:

Ellie Froschmayer: "Crazy Horse in American History"

ADULT CATEGORY:

3rd Place: Randy Bender: "The Buffalo Soldiers: Their Beginnings, Dakota Connections, and the National Parks"

2nd Place: Lilah Morton Pengra: "Monuments and Memorial to Isaiah Dorman - Little Big Horn Casulaty"

1st Place: Robert Campbell: "1974: Land-Grant Research, Re-photography and Republicans in the Black Hills Forest"

PERSONAL FAMILY MEMORIES & EXPERIENCES:

2nd Place: June Ring: "Campfire and Traveling Songs"

1st Place: Jean Kary: "1941 - Vacation in Yellowstone Park"

West River History

Conference Board

Shebby Lee, President

Bobbi Sago, VP/Publications

Wayne Gilbert, Secretary

Karen Holzer, Treasurer

Peg Aplan, Director of Grants

Marguerite Kleven, At Large

Diana Hayes, Emeritus

Dode Lee, Emeritus

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Quote of the Month

Historical thinking requires the mental discipline to see the world from the perspective of people who lived in an era that is different from our own.

John Fea

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