Mar 28, 2026

Author to speak about journeys Great Plains and Midwest at the Smoky Hill Museum

Posted Mar 28, 2026 11:00 AM
Smoky Hill Museum
Smoky Hill Museum

Smoky Hill Museum

Join George Frazier, author of The Last Wild Places of Kansas, as he discusses his journeys through the Great Plains and Midwest while researching his new book, Riverine Dreams: Away to the Glorious and Forgotten Grassland Rivers of America, at the Smoky Hill Museum on April 2 at 5:30 pm.

Prepare for tales of strange riverine forests left over from the ice age, leviathan fish migrations, modern grizzlies roaming the plains, endangered plants as rare as mastodon ivory, an audacious plan to return 10,000 bison to a Great Plains biosphere reserve, and, of course, river otter mayhem. If you thought you knew about the wild lands of Kansas and the surrounding states, get ready for some surprises. Grassland rivers are the most unheralded gems of the entire American backcountry, and Frazier will tell us about the “Grassland River Revival” he discovered while exploring eight of the wildest stretches of rivers that remain.

This free presentation is offered at the Smoky Hill Museum on April 2, 5:30-6:30 pm.

Enjoy the presentation at the Museum or from the comfort of your own home via Zoom.

Register for your Zoom link at www.smokyhillmuseum.org.

This free presentation is offered in conjunction with the Smithsonian traveling exhibition Americans.