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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