Join us at Boutwell's Landing on Thursday, September 18, 2008 for our fall dinner meeting. The evening will begin with a social hour from 5:30-6:30 pm. Dinner will be served at 6:30pm. After dinner, Bob Goodman, author of A History of Washington County: Gateway to Minnesota History, will talk about his new book. The public is invited and welcome, but seating for this event is limited. Tickets are $18 for WCHS Members and $20 for Non-members. Please call 651-439-5956 for reservations.

Join the Washington County Historical Society as we welcome John E. Hallwas, author of Dime Novel Desperadoes: The Notorious Maxwell Brothers for a book talk and signing. His thrilling historical true crime narrative recovers the long-forgotten story of Ed and Lon Maxwell, outlaw brothers from Illinois who once rivaled Jesse and Frank James in national notoriety.

Mr. Hallwas, a literary scholar and historian, is the most widely published author in the history of Western. He has written or edited more than twenty books and monographs. He has also written dozens of historical and literary articles - on topics as diverse as Black Hawk, Carl Sandburg, Jane Addams, Civil War memoirs, and historiography - as well as plays based on Illinois history. This is sure to be a great event.