Bass Reeves Western History Conference
July 23rd & 24th, 2021
Schedule of Events
Guests are encouraged to dress western in your favorite Old West character. Conference sign-in will be at 9:00 a.m. each day at Three Rivers Museum. Register online or mail the registration form with payment to Three Rivers Museum, 220 Elgin st, Muskogee, OK 74401.
All guests must be pre-registered by July 21, 2021.
Vaunda Micheaux Nelson.
Key Note Speaker.
Author and Writer
Friday, July 23rd
8:30 a.m. Vaunda Micheaux Nelson speaks to the children
at the Martin Luther King center (no fee for the children & parents of the center)
9:00 a.m. Check-In at the museum
9:00 a.m. Coffee and donuts with the Press
9:30 a.m. Welcom, Door prize drawing
10:00 a.m. Fort Gibson Tour with Jonita Mullins
12:00 a.m. Lunch Break (at your own cost)
2:00 p.m.-3:00 p.m. Speaker Pat Ragsdale speaks about the Light Horsemen
Afternoon Break
4:30 p.m. Winnie Cooper Music at the museum
5:00 p.m. Evening reception (food provided)
5:15 p.m Trivia contest with prize
5:30 p.m. Presentation by T.C. Miller
5:45 p.m. Prairie Grass presentation
6:30 p.m. Documentary: "Indians, Outlaws, Marshals & the Hanging Judge"
Saturday, July 24th
9:00 a.m. Check-In at the museum
9:15- 9:45 a.m. Coffee and donuts with the Posse
10:00 a.m. Interactive Muskogee Tour
Noon Indian Territory Pistolier's at the museum
12:15 p.m. Winnie Cooper Music at the Civic Center
12:30 p.m. Luncheon at Muskogee Civic Center (Bus will provide transportation)
1:00 p.m. Bass Reeves Look-A-Like contest with prize (Non-professionals only can enter)
1:30 p.m. Key Note Speaker: Vaunda Micheaux Nelson
Award Winning Author and Writer
3:00 p.m. Conference Ends
8:30 a.m. Vaunda Micheaux Nelson speaks to the children
at the Martin Luther King center (no fee for the children & parents of the center)
9:00 a.m. Check-In at the museum
9:00 a.m. Coffee and donuts with the Press
9:30 a.m. Welcom, Door prize drawing
10:00 a.m. Fort Gibson Tour with Jonita Mullins
12:00 a.m. Lunch Break (at your own cost)
2:00 p.m.-3:00 p.m. Speaker Pat Ragsdale speaks about the Light Horsemen
Afternoon Break
4:30 p.m. Winnie Cooper Music at the museum
5:00 p.m. Evening reception (food provided)
5:15 p.m Trivia contest with prize
5:30 p.m. Presentation by T.C. Miller
5:45 p.m. Prairie Grass presentation
6:30 p.m. Documentary: "Indians, Outlaws, Marshals & the Hanging Judge"
Saturday, July 24th
9:00 a.m. Check-In at the museum
9:15- 9:45 a.m. Coffee and donuts with the Posse
10:00 a.m. Interactive Muskogee Tour
Noon Indian Territory Pistolier's at the museum
12:15 p.m. Winnie Cooper Music at the Civic Center
12:30 p.m. Luncheon at Muskogee Civic Center (Bus will provide transportation)
1:00 p.m. Bass Reeves Look-A-Like contest with prize (Non-professionals only can enter)
1:30 p.m. Key Note Speaker: Vaunda Micheaux Nelson
Award Winning Author and Writer
3:00 p.m. Conference Ends
Home 2 Suites Hotel (Muskogee, Ok) offers rooms at a special rate. You must call the hotel front desk at 918-910-5444, mention your attending the Bass Reeves Conference at Three Rivers Museum to get the special rate.