Stockman tradition. Anyway, when i was growing up on small town montana, pretty rural and a community picnic, one time, the sole timer who was a homesteader. We back when was reminiscing about the family farm in wisconsin, and i asked how come he moved out to montana . And he said, well, there was free land out here and land was 20 an acre back in wisconsin. So he said he came out here for free land, which was the most expensive land he ever bought. So this panel was a dream of mine. Amy lauter is going to talk about the free land, socalled free land and i ive been looking for years and my search of 19th century illustrated stereotypes or stereotype ups of. And we have a panelist today who has figured out how to get a handle on that, which i never did. And so im excited about that as well. Hes our second presenter. The john coward our third presenter is the foremost authority on images of Indigenous People in the United States and we have that all tied up by somebody whos bringing the
Together. Im grateful to have been and katrina and all of you for this wonderful most really full program and worthy of the David Stockman tradition. Anyway, when i was growing up on small town montana, pretty rural and a community picnic, one time, the sole timer who was a homesteader. We back when was reminiscing about the family farm in wisconsin, and i asked how come he moved out to montana . And he said, well, there was free land out here and land was 20 an acre back in wisconsin. So he said he came out here for free land, which was the most expensive land he ever bought. So this panel was a dream of mine. Amy lauter is going to talk about the free land, socalled free land and i ive been looking for years and my search of 19th century illustrated stereotypes or stereotype ups of. And we have a panelist today who has figured out how to get a handle on that, which i never did. And so im excited about that as well. Hes our second presenter. The john coward our third presenter is the
Gilding so many objects obviously gave the great opulence but it is not gold. Gold. Is not pure as you look at the furnishings on the house, you see a lot of gilding. Gilding so many objects and architectural elements in your house gave you great opulence, but its not pure gold. It is on the surface. So, that sort of translates to the period where you have all this amazing wealth and power. But you dont have the european heritage behind it. So, these folks are creating an image of what they wished to be. We live in a democracy. You cannot be an aristocrat in america but you can live like one and live in a house that looks like you are one and dress like one. For balls and dinner parties and to ba person of leisure like someone from europe, from the aristocracy. The story of this house is a lot of that the gilded age story of people accumulating fabulous wealth and choosing to live, to model their lives on the people they are sort of fascinated by. Were at staatsburg state Historic Site
Gilding so many objects obviously gave the great opulence but it is not gold. Gold. Is not pure as you look at the furnishings on the house, you see a lot of gilding. Gilding so many objects and architectural elements in your house gave you great opulence, but its not pure gold. It is on the surface. So, that sort of translates to the period where you have all this amazing wealth and power. But you dont have the european heritage behind it. So, these folks are creating an image of what they wished to be. We live in a democracy. You cannot be an aristocrat in america but you can live like one and live in a house that looks like you are one and dress like one. For balls and dinner parties and to ba person of leisure like someone from europe, from the aristocracy. The story of this house is a lot of that the gilded age story of people accumulating fabulous wealth and choosing to live, to model their lives on the people they are sort of fascinated by. Were at staatsburg state Historic Site
Gilding so many objects obviously gave the great opulence but it is not gold. Gold. Is not pure as you look at the furnishings on the house, you see a lot of gilding. Gilding so many objects and architectural elements in your house gave you great opulence, but its not pure gold. It is on the surface. So, that sort of translates to the period where you have all this amazing wealth and power. But you dont have the european heritage behind it. So, these folks are creating an image of what they wished to be. We live in a democracy. You cannot be an aristocrat in america but you can live like one and live in a house that looks like you are one and dress like one. For balls and dinner parties and to ba person of leisure like someone from europe, from the aristocracy. The story of this house is a lot of that the gilded age story of people accumulating fabulous wealth and choosing to live, to model their lives on the people they are sort of fascinated by. Were at staatsburg state Historic Site