4th Annual Red River Region Heritage Symposium Slated For July 24, 2010

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By admin | July 13, 2010

The 4th Annual Red River Region Heritage Symposium will be taking place on Saturday, July 24, at Historic Washington State Park. The conference topics will address “Trades and Merchants” of the Great Bend Region of the Red River which encompasses Southwest Arkansas, Northwest Louisiana, Northeast Texas, and Southeast Oklahoma. The event will take place at the 1914 Schoolhouse Auditorium of Historic Washington State Park.

Specific topics and speakers include the following: “Shreveport: A History” by Dr. Gary Joiner, Professor of History at Louisiana State University in Shreveport; “Antebellum River Port Society” by Captain James Campbell of Auburn, Alabama; “The Block Family: Jewish Merchants and the Quest for Opportunity” by Mary Kwas and David Marcus of the Arkansas Archeological Survey; “The Uncovered ‘Heroine’ Steamboat” by Nina Chick, Graduate Assistant at the Nautical Archeology Program at Texas A&M University at College Station; and “The Life of Adolphus Sterne” by Dr. Archie McDonald of Nacogdoches, Texas.

A morning workshop and luncheon for teachers on resources related to the theme of economics of the Red River Region that can be used for the classroom will take place from 9 a.m. to Noon, with a lunch included. Three credit hours will be provided. Cost for attending the workshop will be $15. Workshop presenters include Peggy Lloyd, Director of the Southwest Arkansas Regional Archives and Linda McDowell, the African American History Program Coordinator of the Arkansas History Commission.

Cost for attendance to the symposium is $30 with an evening meal included in the cost. Timeframe for the event is from 1:00 to 8:00 pm. A discount price of $40 will be offered to teachers who wish to attend both the workshop and symposium along with a total of six credit hours. Check in will begin at the 1874 Hempstead County Courthouse Visitor Center. Registration must be made by July 21. Contact 870-983-2684 to register.

Historic Washington State Park, a restoration village preserving one of Arkansas’s most prominent 19th-Century towns, is located on US 278 nine miles north of Hope and can be reached by taking Exit 30 off Interstate 30. For more information visit www.HistoricWashingtonStatePark.com or call (870) 983-2684.


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