HIST 489 (Fall 2007)

He grew up in Hannaford, a small town in North Dakota. His first semester at NDSU was the fall of 2004. Since then, he has actively participated in the Army ROTC program on campus. He is currently in the position of Cadet Battalion Commander for all of the Army cadets in the tricollege system. He also works at the coffee shops around campus. He will be getting married on January 5, 2008! After graduation in May, he will be on active status in the Army for no less than four years. Currently, he is just living it up in the good times of college.

Prospectus for Paper

Josh's monument is located in Kindred, ND and is there in remembrance of those from the area who were involved in the Spanish American War. He plans to get a list of the individuals to whom the monument is dedicated and get their service records. He also plans to use local and county histories to gain more of an insight into what importance this particular conflict had to the people of Kindred. If they exist, he will track down descendants of those involved and see what information has been passed to them over the years. He will compare the monument's importance to the community at the time of dedication to the present importance of the monument.

Some primary documents he will work on obtaining include: records of the financing of the monument, a program from the dedication, copies of speeches, service records, sexton records, and articles from Kindred Tribune and/or Fargo Forum.

Required Links

• Research Log for Josh Eslinger

• Bibliography for Josh Eslinger

• Book Review by Josh Eslinger

Additional Links

Outline for Josh's Paper

State Historical Society of North Dakota

Abstract of Paper

One of the last assignments of the term will be to compose an abstract of the paper you have written.