Jackson County Historical Society
The JCHS Journal

Welcome to the online version of our JOURNAL!
The purpose of these pages are to offer complementary information and World
Wide Web links to expound upon
feature articles that appear in our semi-annual printed periodical.
We are thankful for the exceptional efforts of
the contributors to the Autumn 2004 issue:
David W. Jackson
Charles E. Hoffhaus
JoeLouis Mattox
and
Kevin M. Fields
FEATURES
Unlocking the Shackled
Past of Jackson County's Jail in Independence
Lewis and Clark's
French Passport: A Prequel to the Corp of Discovery
Taking
Steps to Record Steptoe, Westport's Vanishing African American Neighborhood
A Fair
Deal for All Americans: President Harry Truman and the Civil Rights Election
of 1948
DEPARTMENTS
An Editor’s Epistle
Book Notes
Mission Statement
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