by Rich Wandschneider | Jul 19, 2022 | Alvin Josephy, California, Corps of Discovery, Mexican American War, Mexicans, Mexico, Treaty of Guadalupe Hildago
In the new Smithsonian Magazine: “South to the Promised Land,” the “other” Underground Railroad, the one that went overland and across the Rio Grande to Mexico. Mexico won its independence in 1821. And, fatefully, soon opened its doors to Anglo-American settlers in...
by Rich Wandschneider | May 10, 2014 | Allen Pinkham, Alvin Josephy, Corps of Discovery, Lewis and Clark, Lewis and Clark Among the Nez Perce, Lewis and Clark through Indian Eyes, McWhorter, Steve Evans, Undaunted Courage
Allen Pinkham and Steve EvansOn Wednesday night Allen Pinkham and Steve Evans gave the first of what we plan to be annual lectures in honor of Alvin Josephy. Their theme—following the title of their recently published book, Lewis and Clark Among the Nez Perce:...
by Rich Wandschneider | Apr 19, 2012 | Corps of Discovery, Lewis and Clark through Indian Eyes, Otis Halfmoon, Stephen Ambrose, Undaunted Courage, Watkuweis
Years ago I asked Otis Halfmoon, an enrolled Nez Perce who was working as an interpreter for the Nez Perce National Historical Park, to come to Wallowa County and give a talk on the Nez Perce War. I don’t remember now why I asked him to address that particular topic,...