Western history author and lecturer Jeff Barnes will deliver an illustrated program on the 1872 buffalo hunt of Grand Duke Alexis of Russia.

At 2 p.m. Saturday in the Stone Church at the Ellis County Historical Society, 100 W, Seventh, Barnes will narrate the PowerPoint presentation ”Royal Buffalo Hunt of 1872.”

Gen. Philip Sheridan hosted the posh hunting party that included such Wild West legends as Buffalo Bill Cody, Gen. George Custer and Chief Spotted Tail of the Brule Sioux (Lakota). Grand Duke Alexis was the first Russian royal to visit the United States.

Barnes is the author of “The Great Plains Guide to Buffalo Bill” and “The Great Plains Guide to Custer,” both of which reference sites related to Grand Duke Alexis. These books and more on buffalo hunting are available at the ECHS Museum store

A former newspaper reporter and editor, Barnes writes and lives in Omaha, Neb. He is a board trustee with the Nebraska State Historical Society, former chair of the Nebraska Hall of Fame Commission, and a frequently requested speaker with Humanities Nebraska.