In the Despatch
January/February 2002
Volume XV No. 1
Front Page
Celebrating 15 Years of the Despatch, By Michael Harris

Page 5
Letters from the Western Frontier during the War of 1812, (This letter instructed Zachary Taylor to begin his expedition up the Mississippi River in 1814)

Page 6
Letters from Missouri Rangers, Given by Wilbur Morse Shankland, Ed.D.

Page 12
A Letter from Daniel Bissell which describes how Fort Lookout should be constructed on the island near portage De Sioux, Missouri, submitted by Michael Harris.