Jefferson's American Empire

Dates: March 27, 2023
Meets: M from 3:00 PM to 5:00 PM
 Location: Museum of the Rockies
Cost:  $0.00

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Date Day Time
03/27/2023Monday3 PM to 5 PM

Please note: This course program requires membership in a 2022-2023 OLLI at MSU Membership

President Thomas Jefferson's success in wresting the Louisiana territory from France created the conditions for increased commerce toward both oceans bordering the new nation. Accordingly, Jefferson tasked the Lewis and Clark Expedition with evaluating the prospects of commercial overland travel to North America's west coast. To this end, the navigation and source of the Missouri River became a major target of the expedition. Learn about the search for the origin of the Missouri River through a historical lens and how writer Jacob Brower used modern methods to find the true origin of the Missouri River in the late 1800s.
Fee:  $0.00

Museum of the Rockies

600 W Kagy Blvd, Bozeman, MT 59717

Tony Demetriades

Anthony Demetriades obtained his A.B. degree from Colgate University in Hamilton, New York, a master's degree in physics from the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities and his Ph.D. in aeronautics from the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) in Pasadena, California. He spent sixteen years in the aerospace industry, then taught engineering at Montana State University from 1979 until his retirement in 1995. In the last few years, he has made several OLLI presentations, both as courses and in the OLLI Speaker series on historical subjects.