{"id":4062,"date":"2015-11-20T10:35:22","date_gmt":"2015-11-20T16:35:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pnts.org\/new\/?post_type=tribe_events&#038;p=4062"},"modified":"2015-12-28T10:43:58","modified_gmt":"2015-12-28T16:43:58","slug":"oregon-california-trails-symposium","status":"publish","type":"tribe_events","link":"https:\/\/pnts.org\/new\/event\/oregon-california-trails-symposium\/","title":{"rendered":"Oregon-California Trails Symposium"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>The tentative schedule is as follows:<\/p>\n<div><strong>Friday, March 18\u00a0<\/strong><\/div>\n<p>8 AM to 5 PM: Board meeting<br \/>\n7 PM: Reception at the Best Western, featuring Edward Leo Lyman giving a brief overview of Washington County and St. George History<\/p>\n<p><strong>Saturday, March 19<\/strong><br \/>\nMorning speakers:<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<ul>\n<li>Stephen Madsen &#8211; Old Spanish Trail Into Utah by the Southern Branch (from Monticello to Green River), Including the Macomb Military Reconnaisance<\/li>\n<li>David Miller &#8211; Early Anglo-American Travelers On and Near the Old Spanish Trail in East-Central Utah<\/li>\n<li>Wade Allinson &#8211; Salina Canyon to Eld Mountain (Moab), Including First Wagon Travel from Anglo-American Travelers, 1849 to 1858<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p align=\"left\">Afternoon speakers:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Robert Leonard &#8211; Fish Lake Cutoff of the Old Spanish Trail, Including Verification of the Route and Uses<\/li>\n<li>David Ogden &#8211; Jedidiah Smith Through Utah, 1826-27, Including the Mystery of a Disappeared Paiute Village in St. George Area<\/li>\n<li>Edward Leo Lyman &#8211; The Western Third of the Trail Through Utah: The Old Spanish Trail from Salina Southward Along the Sevier River, Over Bear Valley Summit, and Through Southwest Utah into Arizona<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p align=\"left\">Keynote speaker (Saturday dinner):<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>T. Michael Smith &#8211; The Mountain Meadows Massacre<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p align=\"left\"><strong>Sunday, March 20<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Tour One: Mountain Meadows<\/li>\n<li>Tour Two: Leaving Utah to Virgin Hill in Nevada<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p align=\"left\">The hotel is located at 1129 South Bluff Street in St. George, Utah and OCTA has negotiated a room rate of $118\/night (normal rate is $210). Please make your room reservation no later than February 17, 2016 to ensure you get the OCTA rate. Call <a shape=\"rect\">(435) 652-1234 to reserve your room now. We have set aside both Queen and King suites.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>All the rooms have free WiFi and 42-inch TVs, as well as microwaves, fridges and coffeemakers. Upgraded rooms add whirlpool tubs and fireplaces; 1 suite features Hollywood-themed decor.<\/p>\n<p>Freebies include hot breakfast and an area shuttle. There&#8217;s also a heated outdoor pool, kids pool and hot tub, plus meeting rooms and on-site laundry. An electric car-charging station is also available.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The tentative schedule is as follows: Friday, March 18\u00a0 8 AM to 5 PM: Board meeting 7 PM: Reception at the Best Western, featuring Edward Leo Lyman giving a brief overview of Washington County and St. George History Saturday, March 19 Morning speakers: Stephen Madsen&hellip; <\/p>\n<div class=\"button right\"><a class=\"button more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/pnts.org\/new\/event\/oregon-california-trails-symposium\/\">more &raquo;<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"tags":[],"tribe_events_cat":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pnts.org\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events\/4062"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pnts.org\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pnts.org\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/tribe_events"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pnts.org\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pnts.org\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4062"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/pnts.org\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events\/4062\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pnts.org\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4062"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pnts.org\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4062"},{"taxonomy":"tribe_events_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pnts.org\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events_cat?post=4062"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}