Nebraska Before Statehood: The Unorganized Territory
| Dates: | April 30, 2025 |
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| Meets: | W from 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM |
| Location: | MCC North Express 306 |
| Cost: | $49.00 |
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For 51 years the future Nebraska had no defined borders, no laws, and no name other than 'the Unorganized Territory.' What few Americans saw it were a motely assortment of fur trappers, missionaries, wagon train pioneers, artists and scientist - most of them on their way elsewhere. Meanwhile Native American life was transformed through the fur trade and the beginning of the Treaty Era. Join us for a lecture that will cover events in Nebraska from the return of Lewis and Clark to the passage of the Kansas-Nebraska Act.
| Fee: | $49.00 |
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| Hours: | 2.00 |
| CEUs: | 0.20 |
MCC North Express 306
Quintin Slovek
Quintin Slovek is a fourth-generation Omahan and a graduate of Loyola University Chicago and the University of Alabama American Studies Master's Program where he focused on early 20th century popular culture. Quintin worked as a teacher's assistant and later guest-lecturer for Omaha Public Schools award-winning Making Invisible Histories Visible Program from 2013 to 2019. He also served as an assistant artist and historical researcher for the South Omaha Mural Project, a public art series dedicated to the area's immigrant communities. He has also worked as a tour guide for the last three years, primarily focused on the Old Market area. His interests include labor and immigration history, Prohibition and organized crime, and collecting the merch of old-school Omaha restaurants, breweries, and other institutions.powered by ACEweb from ACEware Systems