Fur Trade Symposium 2003

Schedule of Events

10:00AM to 5:00PM	Registration Packet Pickup -Montana Agricultural Center, 1205 20^th Street Fort Benton & Holiday Inn, 400 10^th Ave. South, Great Falls
5:30 PM	Shuttles at Old Fort Park for Transportation to Reception in Great Falls
5:40 PM	Shuttles at Pioneer Lodge for Transportation to Reception in Great Falls
5:50 PM	Shuttles at Grand Union Hotel for Transportation to Reception in Great Falls
6:30 PM	Holiday Inn Vans provide shuttle service to C.M. Russell Museum
7:00 – 9:00 PM	Reception C.M. Russell Museum, 400 13 N, Great Falls, Montana. Introduction of Guests of Honor and Presenters
9:15	Shuttles leave for return trip to Fort Benton

7:00 AM	Shuttle Departs from Holiday Inn – Great Falls
7:20 – 7:30 AM	Shuttle departs Old Fort Park, Grand Union & Pioneer Lodge for Presentations at Elementary School Auditorium, 1406 Franklin Street.
7:30AM-12:00 Noon	Registration Packet’s available at Elementary Auditorium
8:00 AM	Lesley Wischmann “Alexander Culbertson & The Blackfoot Robe Trade”
8:40 AM	Allen Chronister “The Fall of Fort McKenzie”
9:20 AM	Kerry Oman “A Season of Rest: The Winter Quarters of the Mountain Men”
10:00 AM	Break
10:15 AM	William Dobak “The Primary Object is Money: Robe Traders & Federal Contractors in Territorial Montana”
10:55 AM	David Smyth “Niitsitapi Winter Counts & The Fur Trade”
11:35 AM	John G. Lepley “History of Fur Trade Posts in Blackfoot Country: 1831-1869”
12:30 PM	Box Lunch pick up in front of the Elementary School Auditorium
1:00-5:00 PM	Guided Bus Tour of fur post sites
5:00 PM	Buffalo Barbecue at Old Fort Park
6:00 PM	Raffle Drawings
8:05 PM	Shuttle departs for Holiday Inn, Great Falls & Fort Benton Hotels

7:00 AM	Shuttle Departs from Holiday Inn – Great Falls
7:20 - 7:30 AM	Shuttle departs Old Fort Park, Grand Union Hotel & Pioneer Lodge for Presentations at Elementary School Auditorium, 1406 Franklin Street.
8:00 AM	Bill Farr “Lame Bull Treaty 1855”
8:40 AM	Darrell Kipp “Blackfoot Language and the Early Dictionaries”
9:20 AM	Narcisse Blood “Blackfoot Culture”
10:00 AM	Break
10:15 AM	Colin Taylor “Changing Times: Insights Into The Impact of Trade Goods on Early Northern Plains Indian Costume”
10:55 AM	Paul Rackza “Trade Goods Or Art Supplies?”
11:35 AM	David Parchen “Fort Benton Reconstruction
12:10 PM	Autograph Party & Book Dealers located in the Hornaday Room – Montana Agricultural Center, 1205 20th
12:30 PM	Lunch at Montana Agricultural Center, 1205 20^th
1:15 PM	Luncheon Address - Jim Hanson - "Say It Ain't So, Joe Meek! Lies, Myths, And Misconceptions Of The Fur Trade Frontier”
3:00 – 3:45 PM	Opening of the Fur Trade Ceremony at Historic Old Fort Benton, Old Fort Park
4:00 – 6:00 PM	Vendor Time & Park Activities
6:30 –7:30 PM	Autograph Party & Book Dealers located in the Hornaday Room – Montana Agricultural Center
6:30 – 7:30 PM	No Host Cocktails at Montana Agricultural Center, 1205 20^th
7:15 PM	Auction
7:30 – 9:30 PM	Banquet at Montana Agricultural Center
8:20 PM	Banquet Speaker - Hal Stearns "The Fur Trade In The Wake Of Lewis And Clark"
9:50 PM	Shuttle departs for Holiday Inn, Great Falls & Fort Benton Hotels