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History Forum
History Forum: The Westerners with Megan Kate Nelson
11:00 AM - 12:30 PM
345 W. Kellogg Blvd., St. Paul, MN 55102
651-259-3000 | infodesk@mnhs.org
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Join historian Megan Kate Nelson as she traces two richly detailed and interwoven stories of the American West in The Westerners. The first reveals the captivating lives of women and men moving through the American West in the 19th century—Indigenous peoples, Black Americans, Mexican Americans, and Canadian and Asian immigrants. The second tracks the attempts of many Americans to erase these westerners from history, through a frontier myth that lionized individualism and conquest and celebrated white settlers traveling west in search of prosperity.
This vivid, eye-opening account highlights the perseverance and ingenuity of those who have been forgotten or erased, and challenges us to reimagine who we are, where we came from, and our understandings of the past.
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Biography:
Born and raised in Colorado, Megan Kate Nelson is a writer and historian based in Boston, Massachusetts. She has written about US western history, the Civil War, and American culture for The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Atlantic, Slate, Time, and Smithsonian Magazine. Nelson earned her BA in history and literature from Harvard University and her PhD in American studies from the University of Iowa. She is the author of Saving Yellowstone; The Three-Cornered War, a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize; Ruin Nation; and Trembling Earth.
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Saturday, April 10, 2027
History Forum: The Westerners with Megan Kate Nelson
Join historian Megan Kate Nelson as she traces two richly detailed and interwoven stories of the American West in The Westerners. The first reveals the captivating lives of women and men moving through the American West in the 19th century—Indigenous peoples, Black Americans, Mexican Americans, and Canadian and Asian immigrants. The second tracks the attempts of many Americans to erase these westerners from history, through a frontier myth that lionized individualism and conquest and celebrated white settlers traveling west in search of prosperity.
This vivid, eye-opening account highlights the perseverance and ingenuity of those who have been forgotten or erased, and challenges us to reimagine who we are, where we came from, and our understandings of the past.
Can't attend in-person? Register for the virtual event.
Biography:
Born and raised in Colorado, Megan Kate Nelson is a writer and historian based in Boston, Massachusetts. She has written about US western history, the Civil War, and American culture for The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Atlantic, Slate, Time, and Smithsonian Magazine. Nelson earned her BA in history and literature from Harvard University and her PhD in American studies from the University of Iowa. She is the author of Saving Yellowstone; The Three-Cornered War, a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize; Ruin Nation; and Trembling Earth.
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