Prince Maximilian and Karl Bodmer: Touring the Wilderness of North America
- Location: Lewis and Clark (Camp River Dubois) State Historic Site, Lewis and Clark Trail, Hartford, IL, USA (View on Google Maps) Start Date: April 12, 2025
- Start Time: 2:00 pm
llinois Humanities Road Scholar Brain “Fox” Ellis will share a slice of the people, landscapes, and natural wonder of North America in the 1830s in this program at Lewis & Clark State Historic Site. This program will take place on April 12 at 2 PM in the Interpretive Center Theater.
Join the Prince of Wied, Maximilian, as he takes you on a tour of North America as he saw it in 1832-34. Using Karl Bodmer’s illuminating illustrations in a multi-media slide show, Prince Maximilian will escort the audience on an adventure from the Grand Banks of Newfoundland to the Great Falls of the Missouri River, from New Harmony, Indiana to New Orleans, Louisiana. Travel with this intrepid explorer to meet America’s best scientific minds, explore the West in the wake of Lewis and Clark, and camp among the Mandan, Lakota, Crow, and Omaha.
Storyteller and author Brian “Fox” Ellis steps into the shoes of Prince Maximilian, allowing the audience to step back in time. Blending history, science, art and cultural anthropology, the Prince gives us a unique view of America as he saw it in the early 1830s. Much of the text for this performance comes directly from his journals. The backdrop includes the landscapes, portraits, and scenes from everyday life painted by Karl Bodmer.
