FEBRUARY 8 & 9, A JOURNEY STORIES MINI-CONFERENCE WILL BE OFFERED. (click here for the brochure and registration form)
Journey Stories Mini-Conference
Friday—Feb. 8 Mountain Standard Time
8-8:30 Registration
8:30-8:45 Welcome -Theatre
9-10 Immigration to Nebraska – John Schleicher
10:15-11:15 History of Nebraska’s Mormon Trail:Path to Utah– Ruby Coleman
11:15-12 Tour of the Heritage Room
12-1 Lunch Break
1-2 Homesteads, the Promise of Free Land– Cheri Hopkins
2:15-3:15 The Mexican People of the Panhandle - Jackie Guzman
3:30-4:30 I’m So Lonesome I Could Die—Elaine Bleisch
4:30 Door Prizes
4:30-6 View Journey Stories Exhibit/Free Time
6-8 * Early Japanese Settlers in Alliance & Western Nebraska– Julie Ushio
Saturday—Feb. 9 Mountain Standard Time
8-9 Ethnic Continental Breakfast- Journey Stories Exhibit Viewing
9-10 A Journey Story: Swedish Settlement in Nebraska– Cheri Hopkins
10:15-11:30 Czechs in Nebraska – Ruby Coleman 1:30-1 Lunch Break
1-1:45 A Prairie Invasion – Gloria Clark
2-2:45 Germans from Russia in Nebraska– John Schleicher
3-3:45 The Memoirs of Fr. Hiram Kano—Rev. William J. Graham, Jr.
3:45-5 * Irish Celtic Fingerstyle Guitar – Jerry Barlow
*Denotes classes/programs which are also open to the public.
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