THE AMERICAN REVOLUTIONARY WAR IN THE WEST HISTORY CONFERENCE 2024

September 28-29, 2024

THANK YOU to everyone who attended the
2024 American Revolutionary War in the West Conference!

  • The Sheraton Westport Plaza Hotel
    900 Westport Plaza
    St. Louis, Missouri 63146
    (314) 878-1500

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    Erik Goldstein | “To Arms!” Weapons of the American Revolutionary War

    Alexander S. Burns | “We were surprized by the firing of small arms”: The Hamilton Expedition and its Capture by George Rogers Clark

    Thomas E. Chávez | Benjamin Franklin, Francisco Saavedra de Sangronis and Spain’s Grand Strategy in the American Revolutionary War

    Stephen L. Kling, Jr. | An Underappreciated Victory: Gálvez’s Mississippi River Campaign of 1779

    Frances Kolb Turnbell | Courting Native American Favor in the Western Borderlands of the American Revolutionary War: Flags, Gorgets and Medals

    Philippe Halbert | “To uphold the reputation of the Spanish troops”: Martial Culture and Self-Fashioning in Revolutionary San Luis

    Shirley L. Green | Revolutionary Blacks: Discovering the Frank Brothers, Freeborn Men of Color, Soldiers of Independence

    Antonio Sánchez de Mora | Stories about the Louisiana Territory and its Inhabitants through the Documents of the Archivo General de Indias.

    Peter J. Kastor | “Revolution From Afar: The Fall of Empires in the American Heartland.”

    Jacqueline Beatty | Reclaiming Women’s Power in the American Revolution

    Kristine L. Sjostrom | Leyba & Clark: Spanish-American Collaboration in the Illinois Country during the American Revolutionary War

    Larry L. Nelson | To Amuse Clark at the Falls of the Ohio

    Jonathan Abel | The Vast Deserts of America: The Quixotic Life and Death of Augustin Mottin de la Balme

  • A Social Event will be held on Friday evening at 6:00pm at the St. Charles County Heritage Museum. A reception on Saturday evening at 6:00pm in the Plaza Ballroom of the Sheraton Westport Hotel will include a presentation by Peter J. Kastor, PhD.

  • Full Attendee (register by 7/1/2024): $75
    Full Attendee (register after 7/1/2024): $95
    Evening Events Only: $45
    limit one (1) per Full Attendee

  • The St. Charles County Historical Society: the Saint Charles Chapter, DAR; the Missouri Auxiliary Chapter, SAR; the España Chapter, DAR; The Fernando de Leyba Chapter, SAR; the Jeré C. Fabick Foundation; THGC Publishing; Jenkins & Kling, P.C; Mary Hempstead Lisa Chapter, DAR; Joan and Marvin Koechig; Frank F. Kling; Mary Anthony Long Startz and Molly Long Fernandez de Mesa.