American West Program At Colorado State University Presents Manifest Destiny And The Rise Of Modern Journalism
Monday, June 22, 1998
FORT COLLINS--American journalism, Manifest Destiny and the
Mexican War will come under scrutiny June 23 as part of the 21st
American West Program at Colorado State University.
Charles Rankin, director of publications for the Montana
Historical Society and editor of Montana, The Magazine of Western
History, will discuss "Manifest Destiny and the Rise of Modern
Journalism" at 7:30 p.m. at a new location, Room C146 Plant
Science Building on campus. All remaining events for the American
West Program were moved to the new location to accommodate more
participants.
Rankin, a Colorado State alumnus and former assistant
professor of journalism, will explore how the consequences of
Manifest Destiny helped reshape American journalism. The Mexican
War, an event closely associated with Manifest Destiny, helped
cause profound changes in journalism and marked the rise of war
correspondents as we now know them, fast courier express systems
to deliver the news and the impetus for cooperative news
distribution that would evolve into The Associated Press.
Rankin joins a series of speakers visiting campus this
summer to explore Western expansion under the program's theme,
"Manifest Destiny and the West to 1850." Other highlights of the
American West Program include a discussion on the Alamo, a talk
about a forgotten episode in the U.S.-Mexican War and a
presentation on the relocation of Native American Indians.
All programs begin at 7:30 p.m. and are free and open to the
public. Programs will take place in Room C146 Plant Science
Building.
In conjunction with the American West Program, the summer
exhibit of the Curfman Gallery in the Lory Student Center will
feature the artwork of William Henry Jackson.
A complete schedule of events follows.
* June 23 - "Manifest Destiny and the Rise of Modern Journalism,"
Charles Rankin, editor of Montana, The Magazine of Western
History from the Montana Historical Society.
* June 30 - "The Alamo: The Mexican View," Daniel Martinez,
historian for the National Park Service.
* July 7 - "Conquest of New Mexico and the Invasion of Chihuahua,
Mexico: A Forgotten Episode of the U.S.-Mexican War," Neil
Mangum, superintendent of Little Big Horn Battlefield National
Monument in Montana.
* July 14 - "Manifest Destiny and Indian Removals," Valerie
Mathes, professor in the department of social science at City
College of San Francisco.
* July 21 - "Los Capitalistas: New Mexican Merchants and the
Santa Fe Trade," Susan Calafate Boyle, independent historian from
Fort Collins.
* July 28 - "The Western Hero and Manifest Destiny - Boone,
Crockett and Carson," Paul Hutton, history professor at the
University of New Mexico.
For more information on the American West Program, call
Harry Rosenberg in the history department at 491-5230.
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