Red House speakers

I attended a talk last Saturday at Cape's Red House on Mississippi and Ohio Valleys 1750-1830: A Chessboard of International Intrigue.

I had never considered -- if Louis Lorimier was handing out Spanish land grants when Lewis and Clark came through, how was it that the U.S. government bought Louisiana purchase from the French a few months later?

Linda Nash knew her subject extremely well. She taught history in Jackson schools for many years. But I was the lone audience member. The public missed out on some good information. More speakers are set for coming Saturdays including Dr. Frank Nickell, retired SEMO history professor.

FRED KELLER, Cape Girardeau