The 23rd Annual Cotton & Rural History Conference will take place at the Audie Murphy/American Cotton Museum on Saturday, October 29, 2022 from 10:00 a.m. – 1:30 p.m.  Registration begins at 9 a.m.  The keynote speaker will be Dr. Blake Perkins who will be speaking about his research, Hillbilly Hellraisers: Federal Power and Populist Defiance in the Ozarks, (Illinois, 2017). 

Dr. Perkins is an Associate Professor of History and Associate Vice Chancellor for Academics at Arkansas State University-Beebe 

Additionally, two panels of historians will present the fruit of their recent research as well. 

REGISTRATION 
The program includes lunch and the registration fee is $12 per person.  

To register, call the Audie Murphy/American Cotton Museum at (903) 450-4502 or email them at [email protected]. Please RSVP by October 25th, 2022. 

The conference is sponsored by Texas A&M University-Commerce and the Audie Murphy/American Cotton Museum.