THE AMERICAN REVOLUTIONARY WAR IN THE WEST HISTORY CONFERENCE 2024

September 28-29, 2024

This conference will focus on the military, political, social and material culture history of the western theater of the American Revolutionary war, featuring scholars from across the U.S. and from Spain.

  • The Sheraton Westport Plaza Hotel
    900 Westport Plaza
    St. Louis, Missouri 63146
    (314) 878-1500

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    Erik Goldstein | “To Arms!” Weapons of the American Revolutionary War

    Alexander S. Burns | “We were surprized by the firing of small arms”: The Hamilton Expedition and its Capture by George Rogers Clark

    Thomas E. Chávez | Benjamin Franklin, Francisco Saavedra de Sangronis and Spain’s Grand Strategy in the American Revolutionary War

    Stephen L. Kling, Jr. | An Underappreciated Victory: Gálvez’s Mississippi River Campaign of 1779

    Frances Kolb Turnbell | Courting Native American Favor in the Western Borderlands of the American Revolutionary War: Flags, Gorgets and Medals

    Philippe Halbert | “To uphold the reputation of the Spanish troops”: Martial Culture and Self-Fashioning in Revolutionary San Luis

    Shirley L. Green | Revolutionary Blacks: Discovering the Frank Brothers, Freeborn Men of Color, Soldiers of Independence

    Antonio Sánchez de Mora | Stories about the Louisiana Territory and its Inhabitants through the Documents of the Archivo General de Indias.

    Peter J. Kastor | “Revolution From Afar: The Fall of Empires in the American Heartland.”

    Jacqueline Beatty | Reclaiming Women’s Power in the American Revolution

    Kristine L. Sjostrom | Leyba & Clark: Spanish-American Collaboration in the Illinois Country during the American Revolutionary War

    Larry L. Nelson | To Amuse Clark at the Falls of the Ohio

    Jonathan Abel | The Vast Deserts of America: The Quixotic Life and Death of Augustin Mottin de la Balme

  • A Social Event will be held on Friday evening at 6:00pm at the St. Charles County Heritage Museum. A reception on Saturday evening at 6:00pm in the Plaza Ballroom of the Sheraton Westport Hotel will include a presentation by Peter J. Kastor, PhD.

  • Full Attendee (register by 7/1/2024): $75
    Full Attendee (register after 7/1/2024): $95
    Evening Events Only: $45
    limit one (1) per Full Attendee

  • Registration can be made through the St. Charles County Historical Society. Registrations are limited and will be filled on a first come, first served basis.

    Check: Click HERE to print the registration form and mail with payment to:

    The St. Charles County Historical Society
    101 S. Main St.
    St. Charles, MO 63301
    Attn: Joan Koechig

    Credit card or PayPal: Call (636) 946-9828 MWF, 10am-3pm

    Online: Go to the St. Charles County Historical Society Website

    For questions, call Melissa: (314)-561-5077

  • We have a limited number of discounted rooms at the Sheraton Westport Plaza Hotel; book here. Other hotels nearby include Days Inn, Best Western, Hawthorne Suites, La Quinta, and Comfort Inn at very competitive prices. There are also a Marriott and Hilton at higher prices. An aerial map showing these hotels in relation to the Sheraton Westport Plaza Hotel can be seen here.

  • The St. Charles County Historical Society: the Saint Charles Chapter, DAR; the Missouri Auxiliary Chapter, SAR; the España Chapter, DAR; The Fernando de Leyba Chapter, SAR; the Jeré C. Fabick Foundation; THGC Publishing; Jenkins & Kling, P.C; Mary Hempstead Lisa Chapter, DAR; Joan and Marvin Koechig; Frank F. Kling; Mary Anthony Long Startz and Molly Long Fernandez de Mesa.