Spirit mound, what was supposed to be inhabited by 18inchhigh devils, and of course they had to go see these devils. But once they got to the top of spear mount, what did they see . Their first bison. Acres and acres of bison and this flat land. And you have to remember, these are men coming from eastern United States who are used to trees and forests and hills and rocks, and so this open plain was like a farmers delight as well as a hunters delight with all these buffalo. And so and as they come up the rivera little bit farther, george shannon, the youngest member of the expedition, age 17, got lost. But the most important thing that happened in south dakota was the encounter with the teton lakota in the pierre area in central south dakota. Many historians believe it could have been the end of the expedition because it was a confrontation. It was a great misunderstanding between the nonindians, lewis and clark, and the indian people here at the confluence of the bad river and the Miss
The National Battlefield park. He has published a number of articles and reviews on various history topics. One of his primary interests as chief historian and as superintendent at mannasas was leading the emphasis on expanding the interpretation of the civil war for assessment. Dr. Sutton is currently serving as a consultant to the American Battle monuments commission, assisting Commission Staff in developing interpretive programs to commemorate the centennial of world war i, and hes currently working on a book on world war i aimed at middle school children. Dr. Sutton has continued teaching, he teaches courses in the Johns Hopkins program on the Senior Adult Program on civil war in the american west. He will be the resident historian for viking Ocean Cruises as well. Dr. Sutton also has written a book on the civil war era in kansas published by sky horse publishing in august 2017, and he and his son lee are editing an autobiography written by his father and lees grandfather. With tha
Abolitionists immigrated to kansas and their efforts to make kansas a free state and their impact on the civil war. Good morning, everyone and welcome to the watkins. Its my distinct pleasure and honor to welcome our keynote speaker today. Mr. Robert k. Sutton. Mr. Sutton retired as chief historian of the National Park service in 2016, after serving in the position for nearly nine years. He came here after being superintendent of the manassas state park for 12 useful years and published articles and reviews on various history topics. One of his primary interests as chief historian and superintendent at manassas was heeding the emphasis on expanding the interpretation of the civil war for the centennial. He is assisting Commission Staff in developing interpretive programs to commemorate the centennial of world war i and currently working on a book on world war i aimed at middle school children. He has continued teaching and teaches courses in the john hopkins Senior Adult Program on the
Up next on American History tv, former National Park chief historian, robert sutton, explained why new england abolitionists immigrated to kansas and their efforts to make kansas a free state and their impact on the civil war. Good morning, everyone and welcome to the watkins. Its my distinct pleasure and honor to welcome our keynote speaker today. Mr. Robert k. Sutton. Mr. Sutton retired as chief historian of the National Park service in 2016, after serving in the position for nearly nine years. He came here after being superintendent of the manassas state park for 12 useful years and published articles and reviews on various history topics. One of his primary interests as chief historian and superintendent at manassas was heeding the emphasis on expanding the interpretation of the civil war for the centennial. He is assisting Commission Staff in developing interpretive programs to commemorate the centennial of world war i and currently working on a book on world war i aimed at middle
And published articles and reviews on various history topics. One of his primary interests as chief historian and superintendent at manassas was heeding the emphasis on expanding the interpretation of the civil war for the centennial. He is assisting Commission Staff in developing interpretive programs to commemorate the centennial of world war i and currently working on a book on world war i aimed at middle school children. He has continued teaching and teaches courses in the john hopkins Senior Adult Program on the world west and will be on the viking Ocean Cruises as well. He has written a book published by sky horse publishing in august, 2017. Ers he and his son, lee, are editing an autobiography written by his father and lees grandfather. With that, i would like to introduce mr. Robert k. Sutton. Good morning. Good morning. I cant tell you how excited i am to be here. This is i mean im sitting here with goosebumps while im hearing the names of the victims of quantrels raid and you