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2008
Date and Time: August 31, 2008
Title: Pony Express Festival
Type of Event: Festival featuring reenactment of a Pony Express ride, living history demonstrations, a reenactment of the arrival of an Oregon Trail wagon train.
Sponsor: Friends of Hollenberg Station and Kansas State Historical Society.
Location: Hollenberg Pony Express Station, 2889 23rd Road, Hanover
Admission Charge or Free: Buttons are being sold for $2.00.
Contact Person for Event: Duane Durst 785-337-2635 hollenberg@kshs.org
Date & Time: September 6-7, 2008 8:00 a.m. - 5:00 PM
Title: Fall Fling
Type of Event: Water screening, sorting, and cataloging materials from 14RP1.
Sponsor: Kansas Historical Society, Archeology Office and Kansas Anthropological Association.
Location: Kansas Historical Society, 6425 SW 6th Ave., Topeka, KS. Park in west parking lot and report to the Archeology Lab for assignments.
Admission Charged or Free: Free
Contact Person for Event: Virginia Wulfkuhle (785)272-8681 ext 266 vwulfkuhle@kshs.org or Chris Garst (785)272-8681 ext 152 cgarst@kshs.org
Date & Time: S
geptember 6-7, 2008
Title: Lower Missouri River Archaeology and History Conference at Fort Osage
Type of Event: 1st Annual Conference. Theme: Cultural and Historical Resources of the Lower Missouri. The conference will be hosted in conjunction with the 200th anniversary of the founding of Fort Osage. A commemoration ceremony will take place at 1PM on September 6, and conference attendees will be welcome to attend. Re-enactors representing the U.S. Army and militia in 1808 will be present in the park performing various activities.
Sponsor: Jackson County Parks and Recreation
Location: Fort Osage Education Center, 107 Osage St., Sibley, MO
Admission Charge or Free: $35.00 by August 15
Contact Person for Event: John Peterson jpeterson@jacksongov.org (816) 650-3452
Date & Time: September 8-9, 2008
Title: "Preserving the Past, Practicing in the Present: Defining Cultural Resource Planning in the 21st Century"
Type of Event: 2008 Cultural Resource Planning Summit
Sponsor: The Suquamish Tribe, King County (Washington), Williams Kastner, The Burke Museum of Natural History & Culture, and the Association for Washington Archaeology.
Location: Kiana Lodge, 14976 Sandy Hole Rd. NE, Poulsbo, WA
Admission Charged or Free: $295.00
Contact Person for Event: S.G.C.E. (Events Coordinators) (360)752-2270 or http://www/theleadershipseries.info/
Date and Time: September 9, 2008 6-7 PM
Title: "Research Archaeological Investigations in St. Joseph"
Type of Event: Lecture on recent excavations
Sponsor: St. Joseph Archaeological Society
Location: Rolling Hills Library, 1904 N. Belt Highway, St. Joseph, MO
Admission charged or free: Free
Contact Person for Event: Michael Fisher (816)232-5738
Date & Time: September 10, 2008 7:00 PM
Title: Ozarks Chapter, Missouri Archaeological Society Meeting
Type of Event: Monthly meeting. Guest Speaker Dr. A. Holly Jones presenting results of the MSU Archaeological Field School.
Sponsor: Ozarks Chapter, Missouri Archaeological Society
Location: Center for Archaeological Research, Missouri State University, 622 S. Kimbrough, Springfield, MO
Admission Charged or Free: Unknown.
Contact Person for Event: Dr. Elizabeth Sobel ESobel@missouristate.edu
Date & Time: September 10-13, 2008
Title: Society for Commercial Archeology Conference
Type of Event: Annual conference exploring automobile tourism in the southwest.
Sponsor: Society for Commercial Archeology
Location: Albuquerque, New Mexico (see website for further information)
Admission Charge or Free:$200 for members, $245 for non-members
Contact Person for Event: greg.smith@thc.state.tx.us. or http://www.sca-roadside.org/?p=69#more-69
Date & Time: September 11, 2008 7:00 PM
Title: Two Late Archaic Burial Mounds in the North American Mid-Continent: Distant Trade and Exotic Shell Ornaments by Jim Feagins
Type of Event: Presentation
Sponsor: The Joplin Chapter of the Missouri Archaeological Society
Location: Webster Hall (Room 105), 3950 E. Newman Road., Missouri Southern State University, Joplin MO
Admission Charge or Free: Free
Contact Person for Event: Lyle Sparkman sparkman1@mail.enr6.k12.mo.us (417)472-7210
Date & Time: September 12-13, 2008
Title: Voices of the Wind People
Type of Event: Historic pagent telling the story of the clash between the Kaw Nation and Euro-Americans.
Sponsor: The Kaw Nation and the Friends of Kaw Heritage, Inc
Location: Old Riverbed Amphitheater, Council Grove, KS
Admission Charge: $12.00 adults, $10.00 K-12. Please send check or money order to: VOWP; 500 N. Mission; Council Grove, KS 66846. Attention: VOWP Tickets.
Contact Person for Event: For general information about Voices of the Wind People, call 620-767-5410 or visit the website
http://www.voicesofthewindpeople.com or http://www.kawmission.org.
Date & Time: September 13, 2008
Title: Symposium of Nebraska Phase Archaeology in Southwestern Iowa
Type of Event: Presentations on the Nebraska phase and its place in theCentral Plains tradition,discussion about future research and significance of the Nebraska Phase in Loess Hills Culture History, and visit to local Nebraska phase site
Sponsor: The Office of the State Archaeologist, University of Iowa, and The Loess Hills National Scenic Byway Council led by Golden Hills Resource Conservation and Development
Location: Glenwood, Iowa place TBA
Admission Charge or Free: Free and open to the public but fee for catered lunch (pre-signup required)
Contact Person for Event: Lynn M. Alex 319-384-0561; lynn-alex@uiowa.edu
Date & Time: September 19, 2008 1:00 p.m. for General Meeting
Title: PAK Fall meeting
Type of Event: Meeting
Sponsor: Professional Archaeologists of Kansas
Location: Neff Hall, Room 219, Wichita State University, Wichata, KS After noon you can park in Lot 7, immediately south of the Student Center (RSC) for free
Admission Charge or Free: Free
Contact Person for Event: Dr. Donald Blakeslee donald.blakeslee@wichita.edu
Date and Time: September 19-20, 2008
Title: Historic Preservation Conference
Type of Event: Iowa statewide conference with topics including archaeology, cemetery preservation, and cultural landscapes.
Sponsor: State Historical Society of Iowa
Location: Setember 19th: Masonic Temple, 820 Nebraska St., Sioux City, IA; September 20th: Scottish Rite Temple, 801 Douglas St., Sioux City, IA
Admission Charge or Free: Free
Contact Person for Event: Paula A. Mohr, Ph.D, (515)281-6826 paula.mohr@iowa.gov
Date and Time: September 25 - 28, 2008
Title: ACRA 13th Annual Conference
Type of Event: American Cultural Resources Association's annual conference
Sponsor: Many sponsors - see web page
Location: Tucson Marriott University Park, 880 E. Second St., Tucson, AZ
Admission charged or free: $275.00-$350.00 for members; $400.00 for non-members
Contact Person for Event: http://www.acra-crm.org
Date and Time: September 26-27, 2008
Title: Historic Fort Hays Days
Type of Event: Demonstrations and exhibits relating to this years topic: railroads.
Sponsor: The Kansas Historical Society and the Society of Friends of Historic Fort Hays.
Location: Historic Fort Hays, 1472 Hwy 183 Alt., Hays, KS
Admission Charge or Free:By September 2nd: $35.00; After September 2nd: $50.00; Dinner on 19th: $20.00
Contact Person for Event: Bob Wilhelm (785)625-6812 thefort@kshs.org
Date & Time: September 26-28, 2008
Title: Bald Eagle Rendezvous 2008
Type of Event: 19th century fur trade living history encampment with re-enactors and demonstrations.
Sponsor: The First Santa Fe Trail Plainsmen, Lecompton Historical Society, and Constitution Hall SHS
Location: Bald Eagle Park, East 2nd St., Lecompton, KS
Admission Charge or Free: Free
Contact Person for Event: Tim Rues consthall@kshs.org (785)887-6520
Date & Time: September 27, 2008, 1:30-4:30 PM
Title: Artifact ID Session, commemorating the 100th anniversary of
Waldo R. Wedel's birth
Type of Event: Artifact ID Session
Sponsor: Mud Creek Chapter of the Kansas Anthropological Association
Location: Bethel College campus, 27th & Main Sts., North Newton, KS
Admission Charge or Free: No admission charge
Contact Person for Event: Rose Marie Wallen,
roseandmikewallen@yahoo.com ; Virginia Wulfkuhle 785-272-8681 ext. 266,
vwulfkuhle@kshs.org
Date and Time: September 29, 2008, 7:30 PM
Title: "Trail of Death"
Type of Event: Lecture on the forced removal of the Potawatomi
Sponsor: Archaeological Association of South Central Kansas
Location: Pony Express Museum, 914 Penn St., St. Joseph, MO
Admission charged or free: Free
Contact Person for Event: Michael Fisher at (816)232-5738
Date & Time: October 1-5, 2008
Title: Plains Anthropological Conference
Type of Event: 66th Annual Conference
Sponsor: George C. Frison Institute of Archaeology and Anthropology;
Department of Anthropology; Office of Wyoming State Archaeologist; State
Historic Preservation Office; Wyoming Highway Department; and University
of Wyoming Graduate Students
Location: University of Wyoming Conference Center, Hilton Garden Inn,
2229 Grand Ave., Laramie, WY
Admission Charge or Free: Prior to Sept 16 $75.00 regular $40.00 students; Post
Sept. 16 $100.00 and $50.00
Contact Person for Event:
http://outreach.uwyo.edu/conferences/anthropology/generalinfo.asp
Date & Time: October 2-4, 2008
Title: Mogollon Archaeology
Type of Event: 15th Biennial Conference.
Sponsor: Western New Mexico University Museum
Location: October 2: Western New Mexico University Museum, 1000 W. College Ave., Silver City, NM. October 3-4: Besse-Forward Global Resource Center Auditorium, 817 W. 12th St., Silver City, NM
Admission Charged or Free: Prior to September 5th: $50.00 Post September 5th: $60.00.
Contact Person for Event: Cynthia Ann Bettison bettisonc@wnmu.edu
Date & Time: October 3-4, 2008
Title: Midwest Historical Archaeology Conference
Type of Event: 4th Annual meeting (panel discussions) of historical archaeologists with some Midwest connections. This year focus' diversity, ranging from rural farmsteads to French colonial archaeology.
Sponsor: Indiana University-Purdue University
Location: Campus Center 420 University Blvd, Indiana University-Purdue University, Indianapolis, IN 46202
Admission Charge or Free:No admission charge
Contact Person for Event: Paul Mullins (paulmull@iupui.edu) or Chris Glidden (kcglidde@iupui.edu)
Date & Time: October 7, 2008 7:30 PM
Title: "Archaeology at Pea Ridge Battlefield"
Type of Event: Lecture on archaeological investigations at the Pea Ridge Battlefield.
Sponsor: Kansas City Archaeological Society
Location: Arthur Mag Conference Center, 425 Volker Blvd., Kansas City, MO
Admission Charged or Free: Free
Contact Person for Event: Mary Conrad (913)627-7224 or (913)287-4405.
Date & Time: October 11-12, 2008 10:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. Saturday; Campfire 7:00 p.m. Saturday; Noon - 4:30 p.m. Sunday
Title: Shawnee Indian Mission Fall Festival
Type of Event: Living History re-enactors, mountain men, American Indian dancers, and more.
Sponsor: Friends of the Shawnee Indian Mission and Kansas Historical Society
Location: Shawnee Indian Mission, 3403 W. 53rd, Fairway, KS
Admission Charge or Free: Free
Contact Person for Event: Shawnee Indian Mission shawneemission@kshs.org, (913)262-0867
Date & Time: October 15-19, 2008
Title: Midwest Archaeological Conference
Type of Event: Conference
Sponsor: University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Department of Anthropology
Location: Hyatt Regency Hotel, 333 Kilbourne Ave., Milwaukee, WI
Admission Charge or Free: $60.00 for MAC members, $70.00 for non-members, $45.00 for students, $10.00 late fee after September 30th.
Contact Person for Event: Their website http://www.midwestarchaeology.org/
Date and Time: October 17-19, 2008
Title: 2nd Annual Smoky Hill Trail Association Conference; 2008 theme is "Effects of the Smoky Hill Trail"
Type of Event: Conference focused on topics relating to the Smoky Hill Trail in KS & CO
Sponsor: Smoky Hill Trail Association
Location: October 17th: Smoky Hill Museum, 211 W. Iron, Salina, KS; October 18th & 19th: Salina Community Theatre, 303 E. Iron Ave., October 18th dinner: Bison Company
Admission Charge or Free: There is a fee (contact below).
Contact Person for Event: Jodi Zeman (jodyz@ruraltel.net) Jody Zeman, SmHTA Secretary, 714 Easter Ave., WaKeeney, KS 67672, 785-259-0725 (Cell), 785-743-2340 (Home);
or
2008 SmHTA Conference Planning Chair - Joanne VanCoevern, 4773 N. Wasserman Way, Salina, KS 67401, 785-825-8349, jvancoevern@juno.com
Date & Time: October 26, 2008 7:30 p.m.
Title: Pawnee Star Show by astronomer Dan Glomski, McDonald Planetarium
Type of Event: Presentation on importance of stars in Pawnee culture and star viewing
Sponsor: Friends of the Pawnee Indian Museum and Kansas Historical Society
Location: Pawnee Indian Village Museum, 480 Pawnee Trail, Republic, KS
Admission Charge or Free: Free
Contact Person for Event: Richard Gould piv@kshs.org (785)361-2255
Date & Time: Nov. 8 2008 1:00 PM
Donald J. Blakeslee
Sponsor: Professor of Anthropology, Wichita State University
Title: Indian Trails: Hidden Highways of the Prairies
Type of Event: public presentation
Location: Johnson County Library, 9875 W. 87th Street, Overland Park, KS 66212
Admission Charge or Free: free to the public
Contact Person for Event: mahnkenj@jocolibrary.org (913) 495-2466
Date & Time: November 15, 2008 12:00 PM
Name: Jim Feagins
Title: Introduction to Kansas City Area Archaeology
Type of Event: Presentation
Location: First United Methodist Church, 301 SW Wood Chapel Rd, Blue Springs, MO
Admission Charge or Free: Free
Contact Person for Event: Robert Rhodes (816)220-0178
2009
Date & Time: January 7-11, 2009
Title: SHA 2009 Conference on Historical and Underwater Archaeology
Type of Event: Annual conference. This year's theme is the Great Lakes and St. Lawrence seaway area.
Sponsor: Society for Commercial Archeology
Location: Fairmont Royal York Hotel, 100 Front St. West, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Admission Charge or Free: check at website
Contact Person for Event: http://www.sha.org/about/conferences/2009.htm
Date and Time: February 27-28, 2009
Title: Eighth Annual Underground Railroad History Conference
Type of Event: Annual conference, this year's theme is the Underground Railroad, Its Legacies, and Our Communities.
Sponsor: Underground Railroad History Project of the Capital Region, Inc.
Location: College Park, Union College, Schenectady, NY
Admission charged or free: check web site
Contact Person for Event: (518)432-4432 or http://www.ugrworkshop.com/
Date & Time: March 6-7, 2009
Title: Flint Hills Archaeological Conference
Type of Event: Annual Conference
Sponsor: Kansas History Center, Archeology Office
Location: Kansas Museum of History Classrooms, Kansas History Center, 6425 SW 6th Ave., Topeka, KS
Admission Charge or Free: Free
Contact Person for Event: Dr. Robert Hoard 785-272-8681 x269 rhoard@kshs.org
Date & Time: April 14 2009 6:30 PM
Donald J. Blakeslee
Sponsor: Professor of Anthropology, Wichita State University
Title: Pieces of the Past: Kansas History & Prehistory Reflected in Artifacts
Type of Event: public presentation, with artifact identification
Location: Student Union Cafeteria, Concordia Community College
Admission Charge or Free: no fee
Contact Person for Event: Lee Doyen 785-243-2789
Date & Time: April 22-26, 2009
Title: Annual Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology
Type of Event: 74th Annual Meeting "Archaeology and the International Polar Year; What Have We Learned About the History and Prehistory of the Circumpolar North, and Where Do We Go From Here."
Sponsor: The Society for American Archaeology
Location: Atlanta, Georgia
Admission Charge or Free: Fee charged
Contact Person for Event: Their website http://www.saa.org/meetings/index.html
PAK Events
PAK Fall Meeting
September 2008
Wichita State University Campus
Wichita, Kansas
The Flint Hills Conference
March 6-7, 2009
Kansas Museum of History classrooms
Kansas History Center
6425 SW 6th Ave.
Topeka, Kansas
Professional Archaeologists of Kansas
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