Keynote Speaker for OAS Luncheon

​“The 150th of the Washita: The Science Behind the Details”
 
On November 27, 1868, Lt. Colonel George Armstrong Custer led the 7th U.S. Cavalry on a surprise dawn attack on a Cheyenne village led by Peace Chief Black Kettle. The event was an example of the tragic clash of cultures that occurred during the Great Plains Wars. It is also a place of remembrance and reflection for those who died here.
 
Presented by Mr. Kevin R. Mohr                            
Chief of Interpretation & Operations
Washita Battlefield National Historic Site
 
Speaker Bio:  Mr. Mohr began his National Park Service career as a park guide at Carlsbad Caverns National Park in New Mexico in 2007. Three years later, he joined the staff at Everglades National Park as the Volunteer Coordinator.  Mr. Mohr arrived in Western Oklahoma as the new Chief of Interpretation and Operations at the Washita Battlefield National Historic Site in September 2014. Prior to his government employment, Mr. Mohr was a Peace Corps Volunteer in Senegal, West Africa, from 2004 to 2006. Mohr holds a Master of Arts degree in Recreation from the University of New Mexico and a Bachelor of Science degree in Recreation and Physical Education from Catawba College in North Carolina. Although he mostly grew up in Florida and was born in Wisconsin, he and his two kids now call Cheyenne, Oklahoma, home.