Step Back in Time as Sharlot Hall Museum Uncovers the Enduring Magic of the Old West

Sharlot Hall Museum will host “Magic of the West,” the next program in its Lecture Series, on Saturday, October 17, from 2:00 pm to 3:00 pm at the Education Building. Magician and researcher Jef Hewitt will combine history, storytelling, and live entertainment to show the surprising role magic played in the American West. Magic was an important part of life and leisure across the frontier. Traveling performers worked their way through Western towns, and larger-than-life characters ma