May 7 @ 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm
Crowder College History Symposium presents Spillwater Drive an Award-Winning Civil War Era Bluegrass Music. Event will be in the Wright Conference Center on the Neosho campus on May 7 at 6pm. This event is free and open to the public.
April 22, 2026
For Immediate Release
Office of Public Information
Crowder College
RE: May History Symposium to Feature Bluegrass Music
Neosho, MO – Crowder College – To wrap up this academic year’s series of History
Symposiums, May’s event will offer the return of award-winning Civil War era bluegrass
music band, Spillwater Drive. The band was named 2022’s “Artist of the Year” by the
Arkansas Country Music Association. You can hear a preview of their music at
https://www.spillwaterdrive.com/our-music
This program is held in partnership with the Missouri Humanities and with support from
the Missouri Humanities Trust Fund.
The performance will be held inside the Wright Conference Center on May 7th at 6pm.
The Wright Conference Center is located on the second floor of the Arnold Farber
building at Crowder College Neosho, 601 Laclede Ave., Neosho, MO 64850. This event is
free and open to the public.
For more information, please contact the Office of Public Information at 417.455.5540,
or CindyBrown@Crowder.edu | KateScott@Crowder.edu
April 2 @ 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm
The Crowder College History Symposium presents Dr. Brooks Blevins on “How to Talk Ozark in Seven Steps”
This event is free and open to the public. Event will be in the Wright Conference Center in Neosho.
November 13, 2025 @ 6:00 pm – 7:00 pm
Dr. Justin Gage will be speaking about Native American Resistance through Correspondence in the early Reservation years. This event will be held in the Wright Conference Center in Farber Hall at 6pm. Also, this event is free and open to the public. We hope to see you there.
October 2, 2025 @ 6:00 pm – 7:00 pm
The History Symposium series continues with Dr. William Mountz on Thursday, October 2 at 6pm located in the Wright Conference Center in Farber Hall. This event is free and open to the public. We hope to see you there!
September 4, 2025 @ 6:30 pm – 8:00 pm
History Symposium in the Wright Conference Center
July 28, 2025 @ 9:00 am – 6:30 pm
Smithsonian exhibit “Voices and Votes” is on display in Longwell Museum inside Elsie Plaster auditorium. Find out more.
