“Letters to a Lady: Voices from the 19th-Century American Frontier” by Steve Stewart
March 23 @ 7:00 am
Steve Stewart discusses correspondence delivered to Miss Clarissa Root of Galesburg, Illinois in the 1840s via stampless covers. Take a glimpse into the past as her friends and relatives regal her with stories of encounters with Sioux and Comanche, rides on an omnibus, travels downriver on a steamboat, and life on the Iowa prairie.