A 91看片网 professor will discuss his research on Fort Smith鈥檚 history and its relationship to the tourism industry during a presentation this month on the 91看片网 campus.
Dr. Daniel Maher, assistant professor of sociology and anthropology at 91看片网, will present 鈥淪elling Fort Smith鈥檚 Past: the Wager of Frontier Tourism鈥� at 7 p.m. Jan. 15 in room 211 of the Math-Science Building.
The presentation, which is free and open to the public, is part of a meeting of the Ark-Homa Chapter of the Arkansas Archeological Survey and the Oklahoma Anthropological Society and is hosted by the research station at 91看片网.
Maher will discuss cultural heritage tourism and the probable historical inaccuracies that may result from the amplification of historical persons, local history and the stories surrounding them. The presentation is the result of five years of research into the subject.
For more information, contact Tim Mulvihill, 91看片网 research station archeologist, by telephone at 479-788-7812 or by email at tim.mulvihillFREEuafs.
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