Except as noted otherwise below, all convention events will take place in the
Thomas M. McKee 4-H, Youth and Community Building at The Ranch.
This building has free Wi-Fi service.

August 18:
Registration/Information Desk open: 9:00 a.m. - 9:00 p.m.
Book Room open: 6:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.

• 6:30 a.m. - 7:45 a.m.
  Chapter Presidents Breakfast at IHOP Restaurant, 5450 Stone Creek Circle
• 8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
  OCTA Board of Directors Meeting at Best Western Crossroads Inn & Conference Center
• 7:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.
  Welcome Reception with No-host bar and entertainment.  Doors open at 6:00 p.m.

August 19:
Registration/Information Desk open: 7:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m.
Book Room open: 9:45 a.m. - 6:00 p.m.

• 8:00 a.m. - 9:45 a.m.
  Opening Ceremonies and General Membership Meeting
• 10:00 a.m. - 11:15 a.m.
  Keynote Speaker: Lee Whiteley
  Pathways to Gold: The Cherokee Trail, 1849 and The Smoky Hill Trail, 1859
• 11:45 a.m. - 1:15 p.m.
  Agency Appreciation Luncheon
  Speaker: Laura Joss - Acting Deputy Director, Intermountain Region, National Park Service
• 1:45 p.m. - 2:30 p.m.
  Speaker: Colleen Sievers
  Partnership Projects in Trail Recordation and Preservation
• 2:30 p.m. - 3:15 p.m.
  Speakers: Jack and Pat Fletcher
  Cherokee Trail Through Time: Fort Gibson to Fort Bridger 1849-1869
• 3:15 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.
  Speaker: Wesley Brown
  How the 1859 Gold Rush Put Colorado on the Map
• 4:15 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
  Chapter meetings:
       > California-Nevada: Estes Park Room
       > Colorado-Cherokee Trail: Registration Room
       > Crossroads: Fort Collins Room
       > Gateway: Loveland Room
       > Idaho: Berthoud Room
       > Kanza: No meeting scheduled
       > Nebraska: Berthoud Room
       > Northwest: La Porte Room
       > Southern Trails: Timnath Room
       > Trails Head: Loveland Room
       > Wyoming: Fort Collins Room
• 5:00 p.m.
  Dinner on your own
• 6:00 p.m. - 6:45 p.m.
  Guided walking tour of Loveland to the Rialto Theater
• 7:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.
  Premiere of In Pursuit of a Dream at the Rialto Theater

August 20:
Registration/Information Desk open: 7:00 a.m. - 8:30 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. - 6:30 p.m.
Book Room open: 4:30 p.m. - 6:30 p.m.

• 7:30 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
  Bus tours

• Tour A: Cherokee Trail and Overland Stage Route 
• Tour B: Cherokee Trail and Overland Stage Route, with hike 
• Tour C: Four Forts Along the South Platte River (leaves The Ranch at 8:30)

• 5:30 p.m. - 6:30 p.m.
  Happy Hour
  
• 6:30 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.
  Awards Dinner and Live Auction

August 21:
Registration/Information Desk open: 7:30 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Book Room open: 8:00 a.m. - 9:00 p.m.

• 8:00 a.m. - 8:45 a.m.
  Speaker: Jerry Greene
  A Military Perspective of the Great Sioux War, 1876-1877
• 8:45 a.m. - 9:30 a.m.
  Speaker: Michael Landon
  A Continuous Line of Stock and Wagons: A Reappraisal of the 1857 Overland Emigration
• 9:45 a.m. - 10:30 a.m.
  Speakers: Don Erickson and Kevin Reddy
  Building the Road from Fort Riley to Bridger Pass
• 10:30 a.m. - 11:15 a.m.
  Speaker: Johanna Harden, with panel members Annette Gray, Cheryl Matthews, Ian C. Griffis 
  and Neil Hauser
  From Rufus Sage and Blackfoot Cave to the Cherokee Trail and East Cherry Creek Ranches: 
  The rest of the story
• 11:45 a.m. - 1:15 p.m.
  National History Day Luncheon
• 1:45 p.m. - 2:30 p.m.
  Speaker: Michael Moore
  Going North and South, Colorado's Trapper Trail
• 2:30 p.m. - 3:15 p.m.
  Speakers: Bill Meirath, Alfred Vigil and Sharon Danhauer
  Mariano Medina:  A legend in his own time
• 3:30 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
  Workshops:
  • Chapter Development and Membership 
    La Porte Room
  • Extreme Makeover: Prairie Edition
    Loveland Room
  • Helping or Hurting? - Issues for OCTA in Trail Archaeology
    Fort Collins Room
  • National History Day
    Timnath Room
  • Partnering With Federal Agencies on Your Trail Projects
    Berthoud Room
  • Rocky Mountain Area Research
    Estes Park Room
  • Successful Conventions
    Exhibit Room A 
• 5:00 p.m.
  Dinner on your own
• 6:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.
  Authors' Night with No-host bar and entertainment

August 22:
Registration/Information Desk open: 7:00 a.m. - 10:30 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. - 6:30 p.m.
Book Room closed.

• 7:30 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
  Bus tours

• Tour A: Cherokee Trail and Overland Stage Route 
• Tour B: Cherokee Trail and Overland Stage Route, with hike 
• Tour C: Four Forts Along the South Platte River (leaves The Ranch at 8:30)
• Tour D: Trails Across the Thompson Valleys 

• 6:00 p.m. - 8:30 p.m.
  Barbecue dinner and entertainment

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