BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Demco Software//Event Management System//EN METHOD:PUBLISH BEGIN:VEVENT CREATED:20181210T180541Z DTSTAMP:20181210T180541Z LAST-MODIFIED:20200225T164200Z DESCRIPTION:When the first white settlers came into this area in 1819\,\nthey were greeted by an African American fur trader named Pete Smith who helped them to survive\nthe first year. \; He and other early Black arrivals were important in the\nsettlement of what would become Hamilton County\, but have disappeared from the\nhistory books. \; This program will look at these now-hidden figures and try\nto bring them back into their proper significance. Presented by David Heighway\, Hamilton County Historian. \; X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:
When the first white settlers came into this area in 1819\,\nthey were greeted by an African American fur trader named Pete Smith who helped them to survive\nthe first year. \; He and other early Black arrivals were important in the\nsettlement of what would become Hamilton County\, but have disappeared from the\nhistory books. \; This program will look at these now-hidden figures and try\nto bring them back into their proper significance. Presented by David Heighway\, Hamilton County Historian. \;