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Smoky Hill Trail Association schedules annual conference

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RUSSELL — The eighth annual Smoky Hill Trail Association Conference will be Oct. 17 to 19 at the Deines Cultural Center, 820 N. Main, Russell.

The subject of this year’s conference is “Flora and Fauna of the Smoky Hill Trail: Commissary of the Plains.”

Jeff Seim, graduate student at Fort Hays State University, who will present “Commonly Encountered Snakes of the Smoky Hill Trail Region of Western Kansas.”

Craig Lilak’s program will be “Visions of the Past—Native American Petroglyphs.” Lilak lives in Wilson and Salina.

Orville Newton King, a retired pharmacist from Lawrence, will speak on “Prairie Pharmacy and Frontier Medicine.”

There will also be a program presented by members of the Ellis County Cachers, who will explain and demonstrate the popular hobby of geocaching.

A bus tour of historic spots in Russell County will be hosted by Kay Homewood, director of the Russell County Historical Society.

The public is invited to attend any or all of the conference. Registration is $45 for members of the Smoky Hill Trail Association and $90 for non-members. One-day registrations can be purchased for $45.

The Smoky Hill Trail Association is a non-profit organization established in 1997. Its purpose is to preserve the historical legacy of the Smoky Hill Trail, promote its designation as a National Historic Trail and interpret the events, remnants and locations that represent the historic trail, the Butterfield’s Overland Despatch, successor freight and stage lines and the railroad and highways that replaced this important overland trail.

For a full list of activities or for more information, contact Elton Beougher at [email protected] or Jody Zeman at
[email protected].

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