Lecture: Dr. Bonnie Lynn-Sherow: "The Mythological Power of the Family Farm." State of the Rockies Speaker Series - Colorado College

Lecture: Dr. Bonnie Lynn-Sherow: "The Mythological Power of the Family Farm." State of the Rockies Speaker Series

The final lecture in the 2010 State of the Rockies Speaker Series: Food and Agriculture in the Rockies, will feature Dr. Bonnie Lynn-Sherow, associate professor of history at Kansas State University. Her research and teaching have focused primarily on the history of different peoples' interactions with the rural environment of the American West. Her book, "Red Earth: Race and Agriculture in Oklahoma Territory," traces the different ways in which Euro-American, African-American and Kiowa communities shaped the agricultural ecology of Oklahoma Territory in the decades before statehood. Lynn-Sherow's talk will focus on the mythological power of the "family farm" ideal in American history and the West in particular. Sponsored by the State of the Rockies Project, the CC Cultural Attractions Fund and the CC Student Farm Club.

Location: Gates Common Room, third floor of Palmer Hall, 1025 N. Cascade Ave. (east of Tutt Library) (map)

Tickets: free

This event is open to the general public.