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
"Steamboat Disasters on the Lower Missouri River" (with Vicki Berger Erwin)
111 Meadows of Wildwood
Wildwood, Missouri 63069
March 30, 2026 at 2:00 p.m.
"Steamboat Disasters on the Lower Missouri River" (with Vicki Berger Erwin)
Community Church
623 Meramec Station Road
Manchester, Missouri
April 1, 2026 at 11:30 a.m.
Missouri Book Festival
Washington, Missouri
April 18, 2026, 9:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.
"Movies Made in Missouri"
Scenic Regional Library Warrenton Branch
912 State Highway 47
Warrenton, Missouri 63383
636-456-3321
May 5, 2026 at 6:00 p.m.
“A Missouri Love Story: Ulysses and Julia Grant at White Haven.”
Bunker High School
Bunker, Missouri
May 8, 2026 at 12:30 p.m.
“A Missouri Love Story: Ulysses and Julia Grant at White Haven.”
Scenic Regional Library Owensville Branch
503 S. Olive St.
Owensville, Missouri 65066
May 28, 2026 at 6:00 p.m.
"Ulysses and Julia in Missouri" (with Vicki Berger Erwin)
Missouri Civil War Museum
222 Worth Avenue
St . Louis, Missouri
June 13, 2026 at 1:00 p.m.
"Movies Made in Missouri"
Elsberry Historic Preservation Society
Elsberry, Missouri
June 13, 2026 at 6:00 p.m.
"Guerrilla War in Missouri"
Field House Museum
634 S. Broadway
St. Louis, Missouri
July 18, 2026 at 1:00 p.m.
"Ulysses and Julia in Missouri" (with Vicki Berger Erwin)
Polk County Genealogical Society
120 E. Jackson
Bolivar, Missouri
August 6, 2026 at 7:00 p.m.
"Movie Made in Missoiuiri"
Cass County Historical Society
400 E. Mechanic
Harrisonville, Missouri
September 2026
Date and Time TBD