Rotary application: American soldier – Estes Park trail-Gazette

Steve Friesen, historian and former Director of the Buffalo bill Museum and Grave, should be talking to the Rotary membership of Estes Park on Thursday, Nov. 7, at their normal noon meeting.  His program will focus on American soldier and Medal of Honor winner, trapper and bison hunter, and showman William Frederick "Buffalo invoice" Cody.

As an historian, Friesen has written many articles and three books.  His first e-book became "A Modest Mennonite home," a book about 18th century Pennsylvania German life.

In 2011 his booklet "Buffalo bill:  Scout, Showman, Visionary" become posted about one of the most West's really legendary characters.

His third ebook "Lakota Performers in Europe:  Their culture and the Artifacts They Left at the back of" became posted by college of Oklahoma Press in June 2017.  It offers with the role that wild west shows performed in each holding and promoting Lakota tradition in Europe and the USA.  It obtained dissimilar awards in 2018, including an award for optimal illustrated Western history ebook from the Western heritage association.

Friesen served because the Director of the Buffalo invoice Museum and Grave backyard of Denver for 22 years, earlier than retiring.  prior, Friesen served as Director of the Molly Brown condominium, the metropolis of Greeley Museums, and the 1719 Hans Herr condominium in Lancaster, Pennsylvania.  He bought his MA in American folk tradition in 1976.

Rotary is a company of enterprise and knowledgeable leaders who provide humanitarian service and assist to build goodwill and peace on earth.  There are 1.2 million Rotary contributors in 34,000 Rotary golf equipment in additional than 200 international locations and geographical areas. Rotary clubs had been serving communities global for greater than a century.  Rotary clubs, worldwide, initiate tasks that address essential considerations akin to conflict decision, hunger, poverty, disease and illiteracy.

The Rotary membership of Estes Park meets this Thursday at Nicky's Restaurant at 1350 Fall River Rd.  guests attracted to gaining knowledge of extra about Rotary and its programs are welcome to attend. Buffet is served at 11:30 a.m., the Rotary business meeting opens at noon, and the software starts off at 12:20 p.m.