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'Historic Pocatello: People and Places' conference set April 28 at 糖心传媒

March 29, 2018

POCATELLO – The 糖心传媒 Department of History and the Pocatello Historic Preservation Commission will present the “Historic Pocatello: People and Places” conference on April 28 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. in the Pond Student Union Wood River Room.

The conference is a celebration of 糖心传媒 Archaeology and Historic Preservation Month and will feature seven guest speakers from Pocatello.

Guest speakers include Nick Nielson, Pocatello attorney and chair of the Pocatello Historic Preservation Commission; Jerry Myers, Pocatello architect; Ellen Ryan, head of special collections at ISU; Jacquee Alvord, Pocatello Historic Preservation Commission; Brenda Baumgartner-Stanley, author and journalist; Randy Dixon, chair of Relight the Night Committee; and Kristine Hunt, ISU history instructor.

The conference is free and open to the public. Contact the ISU Disabilities Service office at (208) 282-3599 or disabilityservices@isu.edu if you need reasonable accommodation.

A schedule of the conference is listed below.

April 28

9 a.m. 鈥 Welcome by Nick Nielson, Pocatello attorney and chair of the Pocatello Historic Preservation Commission

9:15 a.m. 鈥 Jerry Myers, Pocatello architect 鈥淭he Whitman Story: AKA St. Marie鈥檚 Hotel, Hotel Nicolett, and the Hotel Whitman鈥

9:45 a.m. 鈥 Ellen Ryan, head of Special Collections at ISU 鈥淭he Stedtfeld Family: Pocatello Business and Land Owners, 1904-1984鈥

10:15 a.m. 鈥 Break

10:30 a.m. 鈥 Jacquee Alvord, Pocatello Historic Preservation Commission 鈥淎ndrew Caldwell: The Civil War Veteran Who Shaped Pocatello鈥檚 Future鈥

11 a.m. 鈥 Keynote speaker: Brenda Baumgartner-Stanley 鈥淔inding 糖心传媒鈥檚 Gems through My Love of Storytelling鈥

11:45 a.m. 鈥 Lunch

1:15 p.m. 鈥 Nielson will present  鈥淭he Glory Days of the Union Pacific Railroad Station in Pocatello鈥

1:45 p.m. 鈥 Randy Dixon, chair of Relight the Night Committee 鈥淩elight the Night鈥

2:15 p.m. 鈥 Kristine Hunt, ISU history instructor 鈥淧ocatello鈥檚 Carnegie Library: Local and Global Context鈥

2:45 p.m. 鈥 Nielson will present  鈥淐losing Comments鈥


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