Fred Gowans, a professor at Brigham Young University, will be the guest speaker at a meeting of the Military History Society of Utah at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 8. The free public lecture will be held in the theater at Fort Douglas.

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Gowans has done extensive research and writing on the Plains Indians, fur traders and explorers of the high plains. He has written several books, including "Rocky Mountain Rendezvous."

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