Barnes to speak about Nebraska's historical markers Monday
CHADRON – Author, historian, and photographer Jeff Barnes will speak at Chadron State College’s Mari Sandoz High Plains Heritage Center Dec. 6 at 6:30 p.m. The rich and diverse history and heritage of Nebraska as told through its often-secluded historical monuments and markers will be Barnes’ subject. A question-and-answer session will immediately follow.
Marking Nebraska: Our (Mostly) Hidden Historical Monuments is a review of the state’s earliest historical markers, from setting its borders to marking its trails to honoring its people. Drawing from his site visits and photographs collected from across the state, Barnes shares some of the more interesting, colorful, and even controversial ways Nebraskans told their stories through boulders, tablets, plaques, and statues.
The presentation is in conjunction with Barnes’s book, Cut in Stone, Cast in Bronze: Nebraska’s Historical Markers and Monuments, a recent winner of the Nebraska Book Award for nonfiction. Sponsored by the Nebraska State Historical Society Foundation, the book is a full-color, comprehensive guide to the nearly 300 monuments, statues, markers, and plaques erected and placed across the state. In addition to the photographs of the markers and the history behind them, Barnes has included the locations and GPS coordinates.
The lecture is made possible by Humanities Nebraska, the Nebraska Cultural Endowment, and Chadron State College as a part of the Humanities Nebraska Speakers Bureau and is free and open to the public.
—CSC College Relations
Category: Business, Campus Events, Campus News, Historical