Latest Past Events

Virtual Oktoberfest: Milwaukee’s Beer Line

Tuesday, October 6, 2020 7:00-8:00 P.M. (U.S. Central), on Cisco Webex Now Available on YouTube Join author John Kelly for a virtual Oktoberfest! Crack open your favorite seasonal Octoberfest and join us for a lecture on the history of the Milwaukee Road’s beer line.  Since statehood, beer has played an integral role in the growth […]

Virtual Launch Party For Our New Book: The Railroad Photography of Donald W. Furler

Tuesday, August 25, 2020 7:00-8:00 P.M. (U.S. Central), on Cisco Webex Now Available on YouTube Join author Scott Lothes for a virtual launch of the Center’s newest publication, The Railroad Photography of Donald W. Furler. The 216-page hardcover book presents 200 stunning images, printed as rich duotones and showcasing the emergence of railroad action photography […]

Following the Golden Spike: Time, Place, and Change Along the First Transcontinental Railroad

Tuesday, August 18, 2020 7:00-8:00 P.M. (U.S. Central), on Cisco Webex Now Available on YouTube Join artist Drake Hokanson, contributing author and photographer to the Center’s publication After Promontory, in a re-photography trip along the original Union Pacific route. Throughout the 150 years since the completion of the first transcontinental railroad, many parts of the 1,800-mile […]