The third program in the Yellowstone Gateway Museum’s ‘Culture of the 19th Century’ speaker series, “Temptation: Bars, Brothels & the Law in Livingston,” is set for Wednesday, March 27th. Presenter Karen Reinhart will discuss drinking establishments and the red-light district from 1883 to the 1960s, and the challenges the businesses faced, including prohibition. The program follows the annual Friends of the Yellowstone Gateway Museum Annual Meeting, which begins at 6:30 pm. The lecture will begin at 7pm at Livingston’s Park Photo. Doors at 6pm.
Karen Reinhart, a native of central Montana, has worked more than twenty-five years in area museums. She worked as a National Park Service Interpreter in Yellowstone National Park and worked at history museums in Jackson, Wyoming, and currently, at the Yellowstone Gateway Museum. As registrar, Reinhart manages the museum’s collections. She also curates exhibits with the help of museum volunteers and staff, including Pull Up a Chair: Tales from the Seats of History; A Military History of Park County; From Wilsall to Wonderland: Trails, Roads, and Rails; and others.
Reinhart is also the author of two interpretive history books about Yellowstone, Old Faithful Inn: Crown Jewel of National Park Lodges and Yellowstone’s Rebirth by Fire: Rising from the Ashes of the 1988 Wildfires, and has published many articles in regional magazines. She has developed and delivered numerous interpretive and educational programs about the natural and cultural history of the Greater Yellowstone area. Reinhart believes that story is a powerful tool that helps make an area’s history relevant and interesting.
Future programs will include “Fort Parker: The First Crow Indian Agency” on April 11th, “Me & Martha: Intimate Reflections of Dora DuFran about the Real Life of Calamity Jane” on April 24th, and the rescheduled “A Legacy: The Far Reach of Copper King William Andrews Clark” on May 8th.
All programs are held at 7pm at Park Photo, located at 115 S Main in Livingston. The speaker series is free, open to the public and refreshments are served. With the exception of the March 27th lecture, doors at 6:30pm.
For more information about upcoming programs, visit www.yellowstonegatewaymuseum.org or find the museum on Facebook (@yellowstonegatewaymuseum).