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SUMMARY:Presentation: Brent Peterson on Bud Fowler and the 1884 Stillwater Baseball Team
DESCRIPTION:Click the link below to be taken to the Google Drives for both the video recording and the presentation slides. \nThe slides are difficult to see on the video recording. We apologize for the inconvenience. Please view the slides at the link below.  \n \nPresentation Slides:\nGoogle Slides \nEVENT INFO: \nWCHS Executive Director Brent Peterson will be presenting on legendary baseball pitcher Bud Fowler and 1884 Stillwater Baseball team. No reservations needed. Masks are encouraged.  \nAbout Bud Fowler: \nBud Fowler (born John W. Jackson) is considered the first professional black baseball player and pitched his first game in Massachusetts in 1878. A star hitter as well\, fans would applaud whenever he stepped up to the plate. He played in multiple teams across the United States\, including a stint in Stillwater in 1884. Unfortunately\, his professional career was short-lived\, as the minor leagues secretly stopping hiring black players by 1887. \nAfter his minor league career was forced to end due to rampant racism in the league\, Fowler still found a way to play. He became a strong voice for an all-black major league and helped start four new black barnstorming teams: the Page Fence Giants\, the Smokey City Giants\, the All-American Black Tourists\, and Kansas City Stars. He played professionally across fifteen communities during his career\, including stints in Iowa\, Kansas City\, Ohio\, and our own Stillwater\, Minnesota. Following his career\, Fowler moved back to New York and lived out his days as a barber\, a profession he had learned from his father and practiced throughout his life as a way to make ends meet. He passed away in 1913 at the age of 54. In 2021\, Bud Fowler was named as one of the newest inductees to the National Baseball Hall of Fame and will be inducted in 2022.  \n 
URL:https://www.wchsmn.org/event/bud-fowler-and-black-baseball-in-the-st-croix-valley/
LOCATION:Washington County Heritage Center\, 1862 South Greeley St\, Stillwater\, MN\, 55082\, United States
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SUMMARY:Presentation: Author Ryan Gale on "Shanty Boys: The Lumbermen of the Upper Midwest 1830-1940" and Minnesota north woods musician Brian Miller
DESCRIPTION:  \n \n  \nAuthor Ryan Gale will be discussing everything from logs to legacies in a presentation on his brand-new book\, Shanty Boys: The Lumbermen of the Upper Midwest 1830-1940. Additionally\, musician Brian Miller of The Lost Forty will be performing Irish-influenced songs about Minnesota north woods history and folklore! No reservations needed. Masks are encouraged. \nAbout Shanty Boys: The Lumbermen of the Upper Midwest 1830-1940: \n“The lumbermen who cut and hauled the pine of the upper Midwest between 1830 and 1940 went by many names: lumberjacks\, woodsmen\, and shanty-boys because of the rough shanties they lived in. They endured severe cold\, poor living conditions\, and long isolation for little pay. Lumbermen were revered in their time as symbols of strength\, ruggedness\, and independence. “Shanty Boys: The Lumbermen of the Upper Midwest 1830-1940″ offers a glimpse into the fascinating lives of those hard-working men and shows how they continue to impact our society.” -Ryan Gale \nAbout Brian Miller: \n \nA native of the northern Minnesota town of Bemidji\, Brian Miller has performed extensively throughout the US\, Canada and Ireland with a variety of Irish music groups. With his duo The Lost Forty (and as a soloist) Brian revives and performs Irish-influenced songs of men who roamed the Great Lakes region in the days when pine was king. He is a winner of the Parsons Fund Award from the American Folklife Center at the Library of Congress for his research into this rich but under-explored music.
URL:https://www.wchsmn.org/event/shanty-boys-author-ryan-gale-and-musician-brian-miller/
LOCATION:Washington County Heritage Center\, 1862 South Greeley St\, Stillwater\, MN\, 55082\, United States
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SUMMARY:Black & White Movie Night: "Within Our Gates"
DESCRIPTION:Our second Black & White Movie Night! In honor of Black History Month\, we are showing impactful silent film Within Our Gates (1919). Written\, produced\, and directed by Oscar Micheaux\, this film is considered the earliest known surviving film by a black director. The film is considered a response to D.W. Griffith’s The Birth of a Nation in which the Ku Klux Klan is shown in a heroic light. \nSummary of Within Our Gates via the Library of Congress: Abandoned by her fiancé\, an educated negro woman with a shocking past dedicates herself to helping a near bankrupt school for impoverished negro youths. Within Our Gates was created in response to The Birth of a Nation which depicted southern whites in need of the Ku Klux Klan to protect them from blood thirsty blacks. Micheaux shows the reality of Dixie racism in 1920\, where a black man could be lynched for being in the wrong place at the wrong time. \nRetired university professor and film historian Steve Schroer will provide an educational introduction for Within Our Gates and will host an open discussion for interested participants after the film. \nFree popcorn provided by Woodbury 10 Theatre. \nPlease be advised: this film depicts numerous racial epithets\, unfair and inaccurate portrayals of black culture and a two brief scenes depicting lynching. We are mindful of these harmful themes and encourage the audience to view this film as a learning opportunity\, not a promotion or acceptance of those practices and mindsets.  \n 
URL:https://www.wchsmn.org/event/black-white-movie-night-within-our-gates/
LOCATION:Washington County Heritage Center\, 1862 South Greeley St\, Stillwater\, MN\, 55082\, United States
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