This is the first side of a black historical marker with gold font. There are power lines and a wooden slat fence in the back ground. There is a large flower pot next to the sign. The sign talks about the history of the Missouri River and how it helped develop Kansas City. This side talks about the Lewis and Clark expedition, the Indian removal act, how Kansas City was a trade post

This is the other side of the sign. The sign now has red brick buildings in the background. This side talks about the naming of the Missouri River, state, and city are from indigenous tribes in the area.

Thread/ my last stop in Kansas City for #WHA2024 was the Missouri River. A sign told the historical importance of the River to the city & mentioned Indian Removal Act process of removal in passive voice. This silence is violence.

Maybe @sienriquez.bsky.social Can add more context

#WHA2024 is in the books! Thanks to everyone who stopped by our booth. If you missed us, our virtual booth is still open.

Find new and notable books in Western history and take advantage of our 30% conference discount through Nov. 30, 2024: uwapress.uw.edu/western-hist...

I can't put into words how much this writing group has meant to me & to finally get to meet in person at the #2024SHA #WHA2024 extravaganza was absolutely amazing! Incredibly thankful for these friends! @carolineegrego.bsky.social @lindstorian.bsky.social (We missed you @robgreeneii.bsky.social!)

#WHA2024 was amazing & I really loved being there and seeing everyone.

A thought though: it is still pretty hard to be disabled in these spaces. If we’re going to keep doing conferences & keep talking equity we need to make it possible for people who need to mask to socialize over meals/drinks. 1/

An early 20th-century electric depot wagon used by USPS in Kansas City to haul mail sacks around the railyard. Note the giant battery!

Everybody say hello to USPS' battery-electric depot wagon, the great-great-grandpappy of its new delivery EVs! Next on the USPS dream agenda: restore the Railway Post Office🔌💡

A little highlight of #WHA2024 in Kansas City

A spooky skeleton bookmark with a Gothic font that says, Bury me with books

"Bury me with books." A bookmark from Wise Blood Booksellers in Kansas City. #WHA2024

Home & exhausted from a rewarding #WHA2024. Thanks to all who made it so fun. Wish I could have sat & talked w/ more of you. LOVED seeing old grad school friends! Failed (as always) to take pictures w/ friends new & old. 🤦‍♂️

Onward to #WHA2025 in the ABQ!

Trading 🍖 for 🌶️!

A group of people speaking at a table with black cloth. A tan background. Chairs in foreground with a person in suit coat and another in green long sleeve cardigan.

A great roundtable session with Claire Thomson, Jimmy Sweet, Dakota Goodhouse, and myself. We talked about Očhéthi Šakówiŋ Mobility in the Northern Great Plains and U.S.-Canadian Borderlands! #WHA2024

Sunset looking across the interstate.

The drive home has some nice views. #WHA2024

Wonderful time at #WHA2024! Good to see old friends and make new ones.

Ventured to the Kansas side and got some Lewis and Clark history #WHA2024 #SHA2024

If you see me napping in the #wha2024 hallway before my session, no you didn't.

Our final Kentucky/Arizona special issue #SHA2024 panel tomorrow morning at 9:00 will include a conversation on Indigenous erasure and hijacked histories in Kentucky & Arizona. Stop by and join the conversation. #WHA2024
@AZHistSociety @thesouthernsha.bsky.social

Amazing research from Kentucky/Arizona special issue. #SHA2024 & #WHA2024 panels covered environmental history, borderlands & migration, & crime and punishment. Thanks to all of our authors & conference attendees for the great conversations! #skystorians #kyhistory #azhistory

If you’re at the #SHA2024 or #WHA2024 - stop by the SHA exhibit hall and see @KyHistSoc and @AZHistSociety. We have an exciting joint special issue and limited addition swag. Stop by and say hi! #skystorians #horses #Gilamonsters

A pop-up display featuring brochures, buttons, and other material promoting the Linda Hall Library’s collections and fellowships.

Hey, #WHA2024! Want to learn more about the Linda Hall Library’s fellowships and collections? Stop by our pop-up display in the WHA book exhibit!

(We’ll be here until noon!)

Hi everyone! #HATM #SHA2024 #WHA2024

Newish history of education work spotted at #WHA2024

A display table at the Southern Historical Association featuring LHL brochures, buttons, bookmarks…and also donuts!

Good morning, #skystorians! If you’re in #KCMO for #WHA2024 or #SHA2024, stop by the @thesouthernsha.bsky.social Public Square! I’ll be here until 10 talking about the Linda Hall Library’s collections & fellowships!

We also brought donuts from Lamar’s, which some say are better than Krispy Kreme! 🍩

Today at 10:15! #WHA2024 #SHA2024

Hot tip for #wha2024 and #sha2024 - not related to our subjects, but the Hokusai exhibit at the Nelson Atkins Museum of Art right now is well worth a visit!

Found some railroad history at Union Station #WHA2024 #SHA2024

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Hello #2024SHA and #WHA2024! We are wandering in the book exhibit in search of new work by recent JSH authors 📚Please support all the wonderful presses who support @thesouthernsha.bsky.social and the WHA … (1/n)

Replying to @Ari migjt not be what they want, buts its what they deserve 😞 TikTok video by fiefdom_design

Does anyone else decompress alone in your hotel room during a conference by practicing your upcoming talk and watching completely unhinged tiktoks? Anyone? #WHA2024

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Excited to spend some time haunting the #wha2024 and #sha2024 book exhibits today! Presses, tell me all about your forthcoming books that would make good @draftingthepast.bsky.social eps when you see me!

Panel on "Indigenous-Academic Partnerships: A Candid Conversation."

This morning, hearing from a really exciting panel on Indigenous-academic partnerships. #WHA2024

The first three books in the OU Press "Teaching, Engaging, and Thriving in Higher Ed" series are here at #WHA2024: "A Pedagogy of Kindness" by @cjdenial.bsky.social and advances of @liznorell.bsky.social's "The Present Professor" & Michelle D. Miller's "A Teacher's Guide to Learning Student Names.'

The University of New Mexico is in Booth 209 at the Western History Association 2024 conference. The booth has two tables displaying over sixty books about the American west, including The Poetics of Fire: Metaphors of Chile Eating in the Borderlands, by Victor Valle. The Poetics of Fire has been selected for the 2024 David J. Weber Prize for the best book on Southwestern America from the Western History Association!

Booth 209 is ready for tomorrow at the Western History Association conference! At 11 am we welcome Victor Valle to sign copies of his award-winning book, The Poetics of Fire: Metaphors of Chile Eating in the Borderlands. See you at the UNM Press booth tomorrow! #wha2024

Planning your #2024SHA & #WHA2024 schedule? Save room on Saturday afternoon for Remembered and Forgotten: American Indian Collective Remembrances of the American Civil War & Reconstruction, featuring Malinda Maynor Lowery, @alainaroberts.bsky.social, Lindsey Peterson, myself, & Kevin Bruyneel. 🗃️

I'll be at the #wha2024 public history reception, and I have @draftingthepast.bsky.social stickers! Please ask for one because I always forget to give them to people.