Buffalo Man and Historical Imagination: Ways of Thinking and Writing Local History
Date and Time
Tuesday May 7, 2019
6:30 PM - 7:30 PM CDT
Tuesday, May 7
6:30 PM
Location
Lyon County Historical Society Museum
301 W Lyon St
Marshall, MN 56258
Fees/Admission
Free
Contact Information
Jennifer Andries
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Description
Buffalo Man and Historical Imagination: Ways of Thinking and Writing Local History presentation by Joseph Amato.
Amato, Emeritus of History and Rural/Regional Studies at Southwest Minnesota State University, will discuss his book that is set in the 1850s in Territorial Minnesota. The story of “Gar” (Gargantua), who is born out of the sky, of the West, the Buffalo and native spirit and is adopted by French-Indians at Little Rock Trading Post of Joseph Laframboise along the Minnesota River near New Ulm and Fort Ridgely.
This program is free and open to the public. Light refreshments will be served.
