ARROW ROCK, Mo. - Come to Arrow Rock State Historic Site on Saturday and Sunday for the 29th annual Symposium of the War of 1812 in the West.
The symposium is sponsored by Missouri State Parks and the 1st U.S. Infantry Regiment Living History Organization. The symposium will feature a series of presentations by noted regional and national historians on the War of 1812 and early territorial period of the Trans - Mississippi West.
March 23
9 a.m. - Introduction by David C. Bennett
9:10 a.m. - "The Company of Captain Nathan Boone's Missouri Rangers" by Michael Harris
10 a.m. - "Equipping the Mounted Rangers" by Bill Jordan
11 a.m. - "1813: The Evacuation of Fort Osage and the War of 1812" by David C. Bennett
Noon - Lunch Break
1:30 p.m. - "New York's War of 1812" by Richard Barbuto
2:30 p.m. - "Colonel Richard Mentor Johnson and his Kentucky Mounted Volunteers" by John Steinle
3:30 p.m. - "I am a Sauk. My father was a Sauk. I am a warrior. The Life of Black Hawk" by Michael Dickey
4:30 p.m. - Symposium concludes for the day
5 p.m. - Dinner at J. Huston Tavern, 305 Main St., Arrow Rock.
March 24
9 a.m. - Introduction by David C. Bennett
9:10 a.m. - "Major Amos Stoddard, Corps of Artillerists" by Doug Harding
10 a.m. - "Roast Beef: Feeding the United States Army" by Sally Bennett
11 a.m. - "The Trail before the Trail: War of 1812 Influence on the Santa Fe Trail, 1815-1820" by Hal Youmans
Noon - The 29th annual Symposium of the War of 1812 in the West concludes.
Arrow Rock State Historic Site is north of Interstate 70 and west of U.S. 65, on 39521 Visitor Center Drive. For more information about the event, call the Arrow Rock State Historic Site at 660-837-3330.
For more information about Missouri state parks and historic sites, visit mostateparks.com. Missouri State Parks is a division of the Missouri Department of Natural Resources.