Press release from The History Center:
History Center sponsoring two events in the coming week
Fort Wayne’s History Center will host two events this coming week with the first lecture of the 2010-2011 George R. Mather Lecture Series and the fifth annual Buffalo Tro.(September 14, 2010) – Bill Derbyshire, a former coach and athletic director at area schools, will be the featured speaker for the first offering of the Mather Lecture Series at the History Center on Sunday, September 19.
Derbyshire will speak at 2 p.m. on “Wildcat Baseball: Past, Present, and Future”.
Derbyshire has spent 36 years with the Wildcat Baseball Team in Fort Wayne. As the team celebrates its 50th year, Derbyshire will take a look at this Fort Wayne institution.
The 2010-2011 George R. Mather Sunday Lecture Series is sponsored by The Dunsire Family Foundation. All lectures in this series are free to the public and are held at the History Center, 302 East Berry Street, Fort Wayne
Fort Wayne’s most unique fund raiser – the History Center’s Buffalo Tro -takes place on September 24 at the Chief Richardville House, 5705 Bluffton Road, Fort Wayne.
Proceeds from the evening benefit the Heritage Education Fund (HEF), which provides free admission to the History Center for area students grades K-12. Last year’s attendance was a record breaking 206 school groups, representing over 7,000 students.
To reserve tickets, which are $50 per person, call Stephanie Essex at 426-2882, ext 308, by Sept. 17.
About 10 percent of the HEF budget comes from the Buffalo Tro fund raiser. Other funding is provided by donations and the Olive B. Cole Foundation. Schools benefiting from the HEF are in Allen, DeKalb, LaGrange, Noble and Steuben counties.
The Buffalo Tro stems from the time when Chief Jean Baptiste Richardville hosted dinner parties at his home. An invitation to one of his parties was a sought-after commodity in 1827 when prominent Fort Wayne citizens would vie to attend dinners with the richest man of the time in Fort Wayne.
The Buffalo Tro presents an introduction to Great Lakes Region Indian cooking, followed by the cooking of hearty buffalo steaks directly on a large bed of smoldering coals, a traditional method that sears in flavor and juices. The steaks are part of a catered dinner.
Evening activities will also incude cultural interpretation, music by the Prairie Fire String Band, and a silent auction.
For more information, visit www.fwhistorycenter.com.
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