SCHROEDL LECTURE IS RESCHEDULED FOR FEBRUARY 6 On February 6, at 2 PM, Dr. Gerald Schroedl will speak at the Fort Loudoun State Historic Area Visitors Center.  Dr. Schroedl’s program is entitled “Cherokee Archeology of the Little Tennessee Valley.”  He will emphasize the history of the Overhill Cherokee in the Little Tennessee Valley during his lecture.  

At the time of European contact, the Cherokee were among the most powerful and influential native peoples in the Southeast.  The Overhill Cherokee, who lived along the Little Tennessee River, played a prominent role in the colonial history of Tennessee and the Southeast.  Before completion of Tellico Dam in 1979, University of Tennessee archeologists conducted excavations at the former village sites of Chota, Tanasi, Citico, Mialoquo, Toqua and Tomotley.  These investigations and the study of the recovered cultural remains focused on describing Overhill Cherokee culture and explaining how and why it changed because of the historical relationships with Europeans and Americans in the 18^th century. 

Dr. Gerald Schroedl is a professor of anthropology at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville.  He received his doctorate degree from Washington State University in 1972.  In addition to his work in the Little Tennessee Valley he has worked extensively in the Caribbean at Brimstone Hill Fortress National Park, Saint Kitts. 

 

This is the fourth in a series of speakers that will be presented through the end of February.  Other program titles include “Becoming the Volunteer State:  Tennessee and the War of 1812”, “TVA and the Tellico Lake” and “The Battle of Kings Mountain”. 

Fort Loudoun is located in Vonore, TN.                   

 Admission to the lecture series is free. 

For additional information call the park office at 423-884-6217 or email fortloudoun@tds.net . 

FEB 13  Myers Brown, Tennessee State Museum  “Becoming the Volunteer State: Tennessee and the War of 1812” 

FEB 20  William Bruce Wheeler, “TVA and the Tellico Dam” 

FEB 27 (moved from Feb 20) Dr. Tom Lee  “The Battle of Kings Mountain” 

Winter Lecture Series continues at the Fort Loudoun State Historic Area on Saturday February 13, 2010 at 2pm.  “Becoming the Volunteer State: Tennessee and the War of 1812” presented by Myers Brown of the Tennessee State Museum. 

Tennessee played a major role in the War of 1812, which propelled Tennesseans including Andrew Jackson, Sam Houston, Sequoyah and David Crockett to national prominence. This program will relate the factors that led up to the War of 1812, how Tennesseans were involved in defeating the British and current plans to commemorate the 200^th Anniversary of the War of 1812 in the Volunteer State.

 Myers Brown holds a B.A. in History from Oglethorpe University and an M.A. in Public History from Middle Tennessee State University. Myers served as the curator of military history at the Atlanta History Center and as the curator of Pond Spring, the General Joe Wheeler Home in Courtland, Alabama. He joined the staff of the Tennessee State Museum as curator of extension services in 2005.  He serves as a Governor and Secretary of the Company of Military Historians and was elected as a Fellow in May 2008. He also serves on the advisory committee for the American Association of State and Local History’s Military History group. He has wide ranging interests in military history, but is particularly interested in Civil War cavalry, the Mexican War and the War of 1812. He has published articles or book reviews in Military Collector & Historian, Blue and Gray, History News, The Georgia Historical Quarterly, Atlanta History, Civil War: A Journal of the Middle Period, and The Historian. His most recent publication is Tennessee’s Union Cavalrymen from Arcadia press. He his wife Angie, and their daughter Morgan, live in Old Hickory, TN.

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