"A Well-Dressed Man Leaped
Ashore": Tracking Culture and Place on the Columbia
River through David Thompson's Eyes
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER
24 @ 7:30 PM
Discover the adventures of explorer, fur
trader, and mapmaker David Thompson in Columbia country in
this illustrated presentation by author Jack Nisbet.
Thompson
created the first accurate picture of the northwest region
of North America in his maps. Nisbet is the author of Sources
of the River: Tracking David Thompson across Western North
America.
The talk will be held at E.B. Hamilton Hall
of the Red Cross Building, Vancouver National Historic Reserve
in Vancouver, Wash. This FREE public program is sponsored
by the Center for Columbia River History, a consortium of
Washington State Historical Society, Portland State University,
and Washington State University Vancouver, created to promote
the study of Columbia River Basin history. For more information,
call 360-258-3289, email info@ccrh.org, or visit www.ccrh.org. |