Fort Union, New Mexico. Courtesy/Ben Woodbury

NMHM News:

Join educator and author Leo E. Oliva, Ph.D., for an online lecture about military posts and the network of conquest along the Santa Fe Trail, as part of the Friends of History monthly lecture series 12-1 p.m., Wednesday, Feb. 5.

This month’s Friends of History First Wednesday Lecture Series features the presentation, “Network of Conquest: Military Posts and the Santa Fe Trail” by Leo E. Oliva, Ph.D. The presentation will provide an overview of military posts along the Santa Fe Trail, from St. Louis to Santa Fe, and the history of when and how each contributed to the conquest of Indigenous Nations and the military conquest of the American Southwest during the U.S.-Mexican War. Dr. Leo E. Oliva earned his doctorate in American Studies in 1964 and went on to teach American History at the university level for 22 years. He is the author of a dozen books, including Soldiers on the Santa Fe Trail (1967) and Fort Union and the Frontier Army in the Southwest (1993).

Free registration at https://bit.ly/4fTMDLA.

Friends of History, a nonprofit organization of volunteers dedicated to supporting the New Mexico History Museum, offers the public monthly programs from a diversity of speakers who are leading experts in their fields and have contributed to New Mexico’s history.