From Carl Haywood, David Thompson scholar from Thompson Falls
Posted By admin on January 25, 2010
Carl Haywood of Thompson Falls (“Sometimes Only Horses to Eat”) sent this note in last Thursday:
Wanted to share an exciting bit of information with friends and relatives I think might be interested.
An hour ago I received an e-mail inviting me to present a paper on Explorer David Thompson (the subject of my book) at the Rupert’s Land Colloquium to be held at the University of Winnipeg in May. The Colloquium is held every other year to promote and discuss the history of the fur trade in North America.
It is an honor to be selected to present a paper and our participation will provide Linda and me with an opportunity to meet and visit with authors and historians who share our passion for the early explorers and businessmen who were among the first Europeans to explore and settle the remote areas of North America beginning in the 1600′s.
Linda and I spent some time in Winnipeg and other parts of Manitoba on the way home from Fargo when my last job assignment was completed last November. That trip was primarily to do more on-the-ground research for a second book about Thompson’s travels through southern Manitoba and then south to the Mandan Villages on the Missouri River in 1797 – six years before Lewis and Clark arrived there.
Wish me luck. This might also be a major key to breaking into the Canadian book market!
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