The Chattanooga Area Historical Association and the Local History and Genealogy Department of the Public Library will host a talk by Dr. Andrea Becksvoort, "The Dixie Highway and the Progressive Era."
The free program will be held Monday, Nov. 9, 6 p.m. at the Chattanooga Public Library.
Dr. Becksvoort is a member of the History and Social Sciences Department at GPS. She is a magna cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa graduate of Vanderbilt and received her M.A. and Ph.D. degrees from Yale University, where she was awarded a Prize Teaching Fellow. Dr. Becksvoort’s research is of adventure in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
For more information contact the CAHA at chattanoogahistorical@gmail.com.