Events and Presentations
For the Missouri Speakers Bureau, I will be available to give two presentations:
"A Missouri Love Story: Ulysses and Julia Dent Grant at White Haven" and "Movies Made in Missouri." Some presentation may be underwritten by the Missouri Humanities Council. For details about the programs, contact me or go to the Missouri Humanities Council website.
If you are looking for other topics--no problem. I also give presentations on the following topics:
Guerrillas in Civil War Missouri
Guerrilla Hunters in Civil War Missouri
Guerrilla Warfare in Civil War Missouri (a combination of the first two)
Homefront in Civil War Missouri
Women Soldiers in the Civil War
Jesse James: The Man, The Myth, The Movie
Spies, Couriers, Saboteurs and Secret Societies in the Civil War
History of St. Charles
Missouri's First African American Regiment: The 56th United States Colored Infantry
Rebel Women in Civil War Missouri
The Medal of Honor in the Missouri-Kansas Guerrilla War
Notable Crimes of St. Charles County
The Battle of Pilot Knob
The Civil War History of the Medal of Honor
A Military Force for the Suppression of the Rebellion: The Missouri State Militia and the Enrolled Missouri Militia
Steamboat Disasters on the Lower Missouri River
Notorious Missouri: Two Hundred Years of Historic Crimes
A Missouri Love Story: Ulysses and Julia Grant at White Haven
Movies Made In Missouri
Each presentation is accompanied by a PowerPoint slide show. The presentations are normally about 50 minutes, but I can tailor them to any length you need.
Upcoming Presentations
“A Missouri Love Story: Ulysses and Julia Grant at White Haven.”
Scenic Regional Library Warrenton Branch
912 State Highway 47
Warrenton, Missouri 63383
636-456-3321
February 4, 2025 at 6:00 p.m.
“A Missouri Love Story: Ulysses and Julia Grant at White Haven.”
Lake St Louis Historical Society
Community Clubhouse
100 Cognac Court
Lake St. Louis, Missouri 63367
March 19, 2025 at 11:30 a.m.
"Steamboat Disasters on the Lower Missouri River"
Gage County Historical Society & Museum
101 North 2d Street
Beatrice, Nebraska 68310
402-228-1678
March 29, 2025 at 6:30 p.m.
Conversation with John Bicknell re John Fremont
Left Bank Books
399 North Euclid
St. Louis, Missouri 63108
April 16 at 6:00 p.m.
"A Military Force for Suppressing the Rebellion: The Missouri State Militia and the Enrolled Missouri Militia"
Civil War Roundtable of St. Louis
Affton Elks Lodge
6330 Heege Road
St. Louis, Missouri 63123
April 23, 2025 7:30 p.m. (virtual)
"Movies Made in Missouri"
Ozark Natural & Cultural Resource Center
202 South Main Street
Salem Missouri
May 3, 2025 at 10:00 a.m.
"A Military Force for Suppressing the Rebellion: The Missouri State Militia and the Enrolled Missouri Militia"
Civil War Roundtable of St. Charles
Kathryn Linnemann Library
2323 Elm Street
St. Charles, Missouri 63301
July 1, 2025 at 7:00 p.m.
"Movies Made in Missouri"
Mid-Continent Public Library
13700E 35th Street South
Independence, Missouri 64055
July 21, 2025 at 6:00 p.m.
"Movies Made in Missouri"
Scenic Regional Library--Sullivan Branch
525 Cumberland Way
Sullivan, Missouri 63080
"Steamboat Disasters on the Lower Missouri River" (with Vicki Berger Erwin)
Wildwood Historical Society
18750 Rte. 100
Wildwood, Missouri 63069
November 9, 2025 at 2:00 p.m.