MTP's new traveling display, funded by a grant from the Sesquicentennical Commission, was on display, as were a number of special Sesquicentennial keepsakes available for purchase from MTP.

The business meeting was animated and productive.  Pioneer of the Year Leona S. Benson gave a memorable acceptance speech in which she shared remembrances from her 90 years. 

Robert Goodman's presentation offered many stories about territorial times:  how and why the Territory and the state were born .... land speculators bargained tracts away from the Indians and were granted railroad lands, long before the railroads were built. Goodman reported that many of our most famous names tended to be a bit shady, or at least interested in their own wealth before that of anyone else. He was easy to listen to and entertaining.