Stratford News: Stratford Library “Sunday Afternoon Talks”
The Stratford Library continues its special 4-part series about the American Old West of “Sunday Afternoon Talks”, its monthly series of informative and entertaining talks hosted by Charles Lautier and featuring prominent local guest speakers. The Old West series, which features guest speaker Hamish Lutris,will offer its final two sessions on the Zoom session in November. The schedule is: Sunday, November 8, 2020: Hell on Wheels: The Wild West From the 1850s until the 1890s, the West was a dangerous place, one that took a high human toll before it was 'civilized' in the 1880s and 90s. This talk will focus on three aspects of that danger: cattle, which drew cowboys and big business out west; Indians, who contested that expansion doggedly; and…