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Denver conference coming up -- May 8, 2010 -- mark your calendar
The 31st Annual OIW Assembly
The 1877 Nez PerceWar -- Montana Campaign
September 9-12, 2010, in Great Falls, Montana
We'll headquarter in Great Falls, Montana, for our 31st OIW Assembly. Among our destinations are Fort Shaw, Fort Assiniboine, Bear Paw Battlefield, Fort Benton, the Charley Russell Museum and the Lewis & Clark Museum. Art, battles, forts and first class guides and lecturers will make this memorable meeting. Jerry Greene will be leading the tour. His book, Nez Perce Summer 1877, is outstanding, so make sure you have a copy.
Final program details and a complete list of speakers will be in the next OIW Special Orders and will also be available on this web site.
Reservations for this Assembly are now being taken -- send your deposit NOW!
The first 50 people who sign up will be guaranteed a seat on the bus. Reservations over 50 participants will be placed on a waiting list. If there is a sufficient number more than 50, a second bus may be added -- but don't gamble on that possibility -- send your check now.
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The 30th Annual OIW Assembly
Texas Rangers, Outlaws & Indian Wars:
The West of Robert M. Utley
Mike Koury & Bob Utley Bob Utley
October 22 -25, 2009, in Austin, Texas
This organization celebrated its 30th assembly by honoring the nation's premier Indian Wars historian -- Robert M. Utley. We met in Austin with our usual outstanding speakers setting the stage for the assembly. In addition, we heard from Bob Utley and Charles M. Robinson, III. Bob was with us on Friday as we travel to Waco to visit the Texas Ranger Hall of Fame & Museum and then toured restored Fort Parker, where Comanche raiders captured Cynthia Ann Parker -- who become mother to Quanah Parker, the Comanche war chief.
Saturday's tour took us to one of the nation's most historic cities -- San Antonio. There we explored Fort Sam Houston, home to Mackenzie, Pershing, MacArthur, and even, for a short stay, Geronimo. Of course, there was the Alamo and the I-Max movie, Alamo -- The Price of Freedom. Lunch was at the Buckhorn Saloon and its new Texas Ranger Museum. Dinner was on your own and many members toured the famous San Antonio River Walk.
The last day was spent in Austin, beginning with a tour of Custer's headquarters building during his stay in Texas. We visited the site of the Battle of Plum Creek, and then returned to Austin to tour the incredible state museum, "The Story of Texas" and see the most important graveyard in Texas.
We ended our 30th annual assembly with a banquet address by Bob Utley.
The OIW Denver Conference was held on April 18, 2009
Sorry that you missed it!
Insiders to the Indian Wars
2009 Denver Conference Program
Jeff Broome, Conference Chairman * Richard Lea, Arrangements Chairman
John Monnett - The Grummond Massacre: December 21, 1866
Doug McChristian - The First to Make the Ground Bloody:
The Skirmish at Platte River Ferry
Jeff Broome - The Story of John Kyle: Medal of Honor
Recipient and Deserter Estraordinaire
Greg Michno - Circling the Wagons: Films, Fact and Fantasy in Western History
Mike Koury - A Novel Look at Custer
In spite of heavy snow, more than 65 people attended the conference!
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OIW Board of Directors
Mike Koury, Chairman
Larry Bartlett, Charlie Cooper, Earl Hunsicker, Danny Martinez, Ron Nichols and Mike O’Keefe
Thank a History teacher today....
Order of the Indian Wars is a "spiritual" descendant of an earlier group formed by actual veterans of the Indian Wars campaigns known as "The Order of Indian Wars of the United States."
We have no official connection with that group.
Our purposes are similar: In-depth study and dissemination of information on that aspect of United States military history of Indian warfare whether it is Indians against each other or with emigrant settlers and soldiers alike.
We have an interest in military history only. We are not a forum for political or sociological crusades.
We seek to understand and commemorate the history of the peoples and events in our past...on both sides.
We also seek to preserve and protect those important sites associated with the history of the Indian Wars in this country and to encourage individuals and groups to become involved in the preservation effort of their communities. Once these sites are gone they can never be regained.
The OIW Special Orders is our newsletter that provides historical articles, information on battle site preservation, and assorted other relevant historical topics.
We meet annually meet at a significant site in Indian War history with presentations and tours by noted historians, scholars, writers, and preservationists.
Please book mark our site for future reference and especially information on the next Assembly.
We invite you to become a Companion in our Order. Annual Membership is $30.00 or $45.00.
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