Im Jeremy Drouin Manager of the Missouri Valley special collections. The librarys local History Department in archives. Thank you for joining us for another online installment of our signature sunday series. We look forward to the day when we can once again hold the vents inside our auditorium, but until that time we will continue to offer a variety of online programming. If you missed one of our recent events, youll find them archived on the Librarys Website and youtube channel. Is my pleasure to introduce our Speaker Jerry Enzler who joins us from his home in east, dubuque, illinois. He is here to discussed his new book. Jim Bridger Trailblazer the american west. Published last month by the university of Oklahoma Press richard was indeed a trailblazer. He was the first Mountain Man to come upon the great Salt Lake in utah had all the bighorn rivers bad pass and explore the wonders of yellowstone. He operated a Trading Post on the Oregon Trail and was also a pioneering merchant in wes
Sunday at 7pm eastern 4pm pacific here on american History Tv. Next on american History Tv Jerry Enzler discusses his book jim Bridger Trailblazer of the american West Bridger was a Traitor And Guide who traveled across much of the western wilderness from the 1820s to 1868 the Kansas City public library hosted this event and provided the video. Im Jeremy Drouin Manager of the Missouri Valley special collections. The librarys local History Department in archives. Thank you for joining us for another online installment of our signature sunday series. We look forward to the day when we can once again hold the vents inside our auditorium, but until that time we will continue to offer a variety of online programming. If you missed one of our recent events, youll find them archived on the Librarys Website and youtube channel. Is my pleasure to introduce our speaker Jerry Enzler who joins us from his home in east, dubuque, illinois. He is here to discussed his new book. Jim Bridger Trailblaze
complicated the relationship between the newcomers, indians and how they created what hyde called blended families. the kansas city hub library event.this hour-long so my plan is to talk about wrote this book and how i went about doing it. then i m going tell you three three families to kind of illustrate my larger point and that will be the long part with the pretty pictures. then i will talk about what i m and why i think all of this matters. i ve been an historian of the american west my whole life. i was born in st. louis. reno, nevada and i tv hooked in fourth grade all the cannibals, all of that appealing. i studied the history of the american west in new england and in colorado for two decades. about like i know a lot what makers westerners tick. we re protective because of our landscaping because it is isolated and challenging in some ways. here is a standard map that we these kinds of things. it is a louisiana purchase map. what we talk about with students and it l