Writer and historian living in lincoln, massachusetts. She has written about civil war us western history and American Culture for the New York Times the Washington Post Smithsonian Magazine preservation magazine and civil war monitor nelson earned her va in history and literature from the Harvard University from Harvard University and her phd in american studies from the university of iowa, and she has taught at Texas Tech University cal state fullerton harvard and brown nelson is the author of saving yellowstone three cornered war ruin nation and Trembling Earth and were so excited to have her with us today. So before i turn it over to her just a quick note we have sent out an email to everyone this morning that had just a great list of resources like a bibliography that megan had put together so you all should have received that by now. If not that link is posted in the chat. So that please join me in welcoming megan kate nelson. Hi everyone. Thank you so much. Thank you nicole for
the washington post smithsonian magazine preservation magazine and civil war monitor nelson earned her va in history and literature from the harvard university from harvard university and her phd in american studies from the university of iowa, and she has taught at texas tech university cal state fullerton harvard and brown nelson is the author of saving yellowstone three cornered war ruin nation and trembling earth and we re so excited to have her with us today. so before i turn it over to her just a quick note we have sent out an email to everyone this morning that had just a great list of resources like a bibliography that megan had put together so you all should have received that by now. if not that link is posted in the chat. so that please join me in welcoming megan kate nelson. hi everyone. thank you so much. thank you nicole for that lovely introduction and to the smithsonian associates for the invitation to be with you tonight. i would also like to thank harmony an
us western history and american culture for the new york times the washington post smithsonian magazine preservation magazine and civil war monitor nelson earned her va in history and literature from the harvard university from harvard university and her phd in american studies from the university of iowa, and she has taught at texas tech university cal state fullerton harvard and brown nelson is the author of saving yellowstone three cornered war ruin nation and trembling earth and we re so excited to have her with us today. so before i turn it over to her just a quick note we have sent out an email to everyone this morning that had just a great list of resources like a bibliography that megan had put together so you all should have received that by now. if not that link is posted in the chat. so that please join me in welcoming megan kate nelson. hi everyone. thank you so much. thank you nicole for that lovely introduction and to the smithsonian associates for the invitatio
in, and civil war monitor. nelson her and her b. a. in history literature from the harvard university, and our ph. d. american studies from the university of iowa. she has taught at texas tech university, cal state, fullerton, harvard, brown. nelson is the author of saving yellowstone, ruin nation, trembling earth. we re so excited to have her with us today. before i turn it over to her, just a quick note, we have sent out an email to everyone this morning that had just a great list of resources like a bibliography that meghan had put together. you all should ve received that by now. if not, that link is posted in the chat. with that, please join me in welcoming megan kate nelson. hi everyone. thank you so much. thank you, nicole, for that lovely introduction. and to the smithsonian for the invitation to be with you tonight. i would also like to think harmony, ellen, steve, anna, liz for running this show and to help me get all the tech straight. i cannot think a better pla
trembling earth. we re so excited to have her with us today. before i turn it over to her, just a quick note, we have sent out an email to everyone this morning that had just a great list of resources like a bibliography that meghan had put together. you all should ve received that by now. if not, that link is posted in the chat. with that, please join me in welcoming megan kate nelson. hi everyone. thank you so much. thank you, nicole, for that lovely introduction. and to the smithsonian for the invitation to be with you tonight. i would also like to think harmony, ellen, steve, anna, liz for running this show and to help me get all the tech straight. i cannot think a better place for me to talk about saving yellowstone then at the smithsonian. as you will learn tonight, the institution played a really important role in both the exploration and the preservation of this iconic national landscape. thank you all for being with me tonight. as nikole noted, there will be a q&a