“Historic Pocatello: People and Places” conference set April 27 at ĢƵ
April 12, 2019

POCATELLO – The ĢƵ Department of History and the Pocatello Historic Preservation Commission will present the “Historic Pocatello: People and Places” conference on April 27 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. in the Pond Student Union Wood River Room.
Guest speakers include Nick Nielson, Pocatello attorney and chair of the Historic Preservation Committee; Trent Clegg, reference specialist at the Marshall Public Library; Jacquee Alvord, Historic Preservation Committee; Kevin Marsh, ĢƵ history professor; Randy Dixon, chair of the Relight the Night Committee; Kristine Hunt, ĢƵ history instructor; and Ellen Ryan, head of special collections at ĢƵ.
Relight the Night committee chair Dixon will give a presentation about the accomplishments and the future goals of the committee. Since the committee was formed in 2012, Relight the Night has seen the relighting of fourteen historic neon signs in Old town Pocatello. Dixon is a native of Pocatello and a Pocatello High Class of 1967 graduate. He has a deep love of community and the history that surrounds it.
The conference is free and open to the public.
April 27
• 9 a.m. – Welcome by Nick Nielson, Pocatello attorney and chair of the Pocatello Historic Preservation Committee
• 9:15 a.m. – Trent Clegg, reference specialist at Marshall Public Library, “The Quietly Insistent Legacy of Edward Manson Stevenson
• 9:45 a.m. – Jacquee Alvord, Pocatello Historic Preservation Committee, “Minerva Kohlhepp Teichert: Pocatello Artist”
• 10:15 a.m. – Break
• 10:30 a.m. – Kevin Marsh, ĢƵ history professor, “Pocatello’s Triangle Neighborhood: A Slice of American or an Exceptional Community?”
• 11 a.m. – Keynote Speaker: Randy Dixon, chair of the Relight the Night Committee, “Relighting the Night in Old Town Pocatello”
• noon – Lunch (Lunch is not provided)
• 1:15 p.m. – Kristine Hunt, ĢƵ history instructor, “Monarchs and Mudbaths: The Bungalow in Southeast Idaho Culture”
• 1:45 p.m. – Ellen Ryan, ĢƵ head of special collections, “Exploring New Deal-Era Architecture on ĢƵ’s Campus”
• 2:15 p.m. – Nick Nielson, “Marcus Grundfor on the Standrod House”
• 2:45 p.m. – Nick Nielson, “The Future of Historic Preservation in Pocatello” and Closing Comments
ĢƵ, a Carnegie-classified doctoral high research activity university and teaching institution founded in 1901, attracts students from around the world to its Idaho campuses. At the main campus in Pocatello, and at locations in Meridian, Idaho Falls and Twin Falls, ĢƵ has nine Colleges, a Graduate School and a Division of Health Sciences that together offer more than 250 certificate and degree programs. More than 12,000 students attend ĢƵ. ĢƵ is the state's designated lead institution in health professions.
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