Deb Goodrich

Deb brings history to life, whether as a writer, speaker, or filmmaker. She has been a talking head in numerous documentaries including the Emmy-award-winning American Artist: The Life and Times of George Caleb Bingham and The Road to Valhalla , recipient of the Wrangler Award. She appeared in AHC's Gunslingers Series on Wild Bill Hickok and the History Channel's States and Aftershock. She is writing a biography and screenplay on Charles Curtis, our only Native American Vice President. Deb lives in western Kansas where she is the Garvey Historian in Residence at the Fort Wallace Museum and the host of Around Kansas weekly TV show. Her articles have appeared in national publications including Wild West Magazine and Armchair General Magazine. Her books include the Civil War in Kansas and The Darkest Dawn: Lincoln, Booth, and the Great American Tragedy (co-author).

Deb serves as chair for the Santa Fe Trail 200, the bicentennial of the Santa Fe Trail to be marked from 2021-2025.

Her areas of expertise are Bleeding Kansas and the Civil War; Plains Indian Wars; Vice President Charles Curtis; Abraham and Mary Lincoln; Jefferson and Varina Davis; John Brown; and. She is one of the historians chosen by C-SPAN to rank the presidents with each new administration.

She is developing a limited series on the life of Vice President Charles Curtis (enrolled in the Kaw Nation), and her biography on him is due to be released in 2024.