by Rich Wandschneider | May 24, 2013 | 1855 treaty, Bodmer, Catlin, Kane, Mike Kolaski, Nez Perce treaty, oregon historical quarterly
We’re doing brown bag lunches on Tuesdays this summer, so if you are in Joseph at noon on a Tuesday, please stop in and join the conversation. Next week—May 28—we will be talking about Indian treaties, especially the Nez Perce treaties of 1855 and 1863 and the...
by Rich Wandschneider | Apr 19, 2013 | catholic indian missions, Catholic Ladder, Eliza Spalding, father point, Flatheads, Henry Spalding, Jesuit mission montana, Lapwai, oregon historical quarterly, quipo, Whitman massacre
For whatever reason—maybe the wonderful cover photo—I have kept the Spring 1996 issue of the Oregon Historical Quarterly by my bed, and pick it up from time to time to look at the fine drawings and paintings of Father Nicolas Point, and to follow those first Jesuits...
by Rich Wandschneider | Apr 5, 2013 | Black robes, catholic indian missions, Father Desmet, Josephy Library, nicolas point, oregon historical quarterly
Father Pierre-Jean De Smet One of the great pleasures of being in a library (or a bookstore, where I spent a dozen wonderful years) is browsing. Your eyes scan shelves not with anything particular in mind, but with a lifetime of general interests and a number of...
