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Winter Storm Atlas No Match
for Conference Participants
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CONFERENCE WRAP UP
(Yes, there was a conference!)
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History buffs who gather each fall for the West River History Conference understandably come to learn history and to share the fruits of their own research. But this is the first time that we have gathered to actually make history! Winter Storm Atlas, October 3-5 - the exact dates of our annual conference - was one for the record books.
Over 100 intrepid participants registered for the conference, and while many of them were unable to attend because of the storm, many more who were staying at the conference hotel and had other plans, joined us and enjoyed themselves despite the circumstances. Read more...
Read Conference Evaluations
Presenters who were scheduled in this year's program but couldn't get here because of the storm
are invited to attend and present those papers next year.
Only the papers which were actually presented will be published in the 2013 compiled papers.
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Please bear with us as we sort out refunds and
re-scheduling of speakers for next year's conference.
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21st Annual Conference Photos
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This conference is made possible with support by
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An affiliate of the National Endowment for the Humanities
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Deadwood Historic
Preservation
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Keystone Area Historical Society
Minnilusa Historical Association
Center for Western Studies, Augustana College
Friends of the Hill City Community Library
Dr. James D. Nelson, DDS, PS
Big Thunder Gold Mine
Barker Wilson Law Firm
Mitchell Johnson, Atty.
Don Fjellestad
Sylvia Cox
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2012 Conference
Best Paper Awards
Announced
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STUDENT CATEGORY:
Renamed The Patti Storm Student Awards for Excellence
3rd Place: Drew Vance, Faith, SD
"End of the Line for the Railroad, becomes a Little Oasis on the Prairie"
2nd Place: Katie Haines, Faith, SD
"Dreams, Drudgery & Disenchantment"
1st Place: David Ruth, Faith, SD
"Romanticism Gone Awry: City Slicker's Guide to the West"
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ADULT CATEGORY:
Honorable Mention: Raul Ponce de Leon, Deadwood, SD
"Myths & Mrmories: Reflections of Aces & Eights"
Honorable Mention: Norma Kraemer, Rapid City, SD
"The Flood of '72, a Nemo Perspective"
3rd Place: John Timm, Sioux Falls, SD
"Governor Mellette's Lonely Mission"
2nd Place: Tim Velder, Sundance, WY
"Murder at Midnight"
1st Place: Wayne Gilbert, Rapid City, SD
"Incident at Lightning Creek"
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New Category:
PERSONAL FAMILY MEMORIES & EXPERIENCES
Honorable Mention: June Ring, Norris, SD
"Puppets and Portals"
Honorable Mention: Jean Kary, Norris, SD
"Ride for the Herd"
1st Place: Richard Melarvie, Mankato, MN
"My Grandpa, An Extraordinary Common Man, His life on the Prarie, the story of James Melarvie, in his own Words"
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First Watson Parker Scholarships Awarded
Gretchen Collier and Samantha Gores of Minot State University were able to attend this year's historic conference because of the generosity of the Keystone Area Historical Society and others who contributed to the new scholarship named for the long-time conference supporter and "Dean of Black Hills Historians." Congratulations!
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The West is dead my Friend.
But writers hold the seed
And what they saw
Will live and grow
Again to those who read.
C.M. Russell, 1917
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West River History
Conference Board
Shebby Lee, President Bev Pechan, VP Bobbi Sago, Sec/Publications Diana Hayes, Treasurer Marguerite Kleven, Exhibits Sylvia Cox, Project Director Wayne Gilbert, At Large
Carolyn Weber, At Large
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