Sarah Koenig Presents on Wild West in New Jersey at the Mahwah Museum

Sarah Koenig and Maddisyn Vaccaro at the Museum, November 10, 2024.

American Studies Professor Sarah Koenig presented student work in her American West course to an audience at the Mahwah Museum. Accompanied by Ramapo senior Maddisyn Vaccaro. Dr. Koenig’s talk, The Wild West in New Jersey, looks at the Garden State’s contribution to both the development of the West (Stetson hats, the Paterson Colt Revolver) and to the myth of the West (Thomas Edison’s early films). Maddisyn discussed her research for the class of a film studio that made Westerns in New Jersey’s Pine Barrens, explaining how she had to dig deep into historical resources to document it.

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