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CONTRIBUTORS VOLUME LXXXVIII, Nos. 1, 2, 3 AND 4 AHLBORN, RICHARD E., curator, National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C. ANDERS, LESLIE, professor emeritus, Central Missouri State University, Warrensburg. BRADBURY, JOHN F., JR., senior manuscript specialist, University of Mis- souri-Rolla. CaIN, MARVIN R., professor emeritus (Geceased), University of Missouri- Rolla. CHRISTENSEN, LAWRENCE O., professor, University of Missouri-Roila. CLIFFORD, AMBER R., Knob Noster. HEARNE, JEFF, Holts Summit. Huston, Nancy J., archivist, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, Kansas. Hort, R. DOUGLAS, professor, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa. LARSEN, LAWRENCE H., professor, University of Missouri-Kansas City. Moss, CAROLYN J., retired professor, Southern Illinois University, Carbon- dale, Illinois. OLSON, JAMES C., president emeritus, University of Missouri. Potts, Louis W., associate professor, University of Missouri-Kansas City. RHODES, BENJAMIN D., professor, University of Wisconsin- Whitewater. SCHEEF, ROBERT F., freelance writer, Glendale. TALBUT, MARY HARRIET, Cape Girardeau. THOMPSON, LISA C., graduate student, University of Washington, Seattle. WILSON, THOMAS D., graduate student, Brandeis University, Waltham, Mas- sachusetts. CONTRIBUTORS VOLUME LXXXVIII, Nos. 1, 2, 3 AND 4 AHLBORN, RICHARD E., curator, National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C. ANDERS, LESLIE, professor emeritus, Central Missouri State University, Warrensburg. BRADBURY, JOHN F., JR., senior manuscript specialist, University of Mis- souri-Rolla. CaIN, MARVIN R., professor emeritus (Geceased), University of Missouri- Rolla. CHRISTENSEN, LAWRENCE O., professor, University of Missouri-Roila. CLIFFORD, AMBER R., Knob Noster. HEARNE, JEFF, Holts Summit. Huston, Nancy J., archivist, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, Kansas. Hort, R. DOUGLAS, professor, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa. LARSEN, LAWRENCE H., professor, University of Missouri-Kansas City. Moss, CAROLYN J., retired professor, Southern Illinois University, Carbon- dale, Illinois. OLSON, JAMES C., president emeritus, University of Missouri. Potts, Louis W., associate professor, University of Missouri-Kansas City. RHODES, BENJAMIN D., professor, University of Wisconsin- Whitewater. SCHEEF, ROBERT F., freelance writer, Glendale. TALBUT, MARY HARRIET, Cape Girardeau. THOMPSON, LISA C., graduate student, University of Washington, Seattle. WILSON, THOMAS D., graduate student, Brandeis University, Waltham, Mas- sachusetts. CONTENTS VOLUME LXXXVIII, Nos. 1, 2, 3 and 4 THE BEGINNING OF LAFORGE: AN EXPERIMENT IN RURAL HOMESTEADING. By Jeff Hearne THE BLACKWATER INCIDENT. By Leslie Anders THE BRIDGE THAT SPANNED THE GREAT DEPRESSION. By Mary Harriet Talbut CHESTER A. FRANKLIN AND HARRY S. TRUMAN: AN AFRICAN-AMERICAN CONSERVATIVE AND THE “CONVERSION” OF THE FUTURE PRESIDENT. By Thomas D. Wilson “TT LOOKS LIKE WE ARE IN PARIS”: THE LETTERS OF JEFFERSON BRIDGFORD. Edited by Richard E. Ahlborn and Lisa C. Thompson KATE FIELD: THE STORY OF A ONCE-FAMOUS ST. LOUISAN. By Carolyn J. Moss MISSOURI TO MURMANSK: CHASING THE BOLSHEVIKS WITH MAJOR EDWARD E. MACMoRLAND, MARCH-JULYy 1919. By Benjamin D. Rhodes 123 MU BEcoMEs A SYSTEM. By James C. Olson PETER HUMPHRIES CLARK. By Lawrence O. Christensen PLANTERS AND SLAVERY IN LITTLE DixiE. By R. Douglas Hurt PROHIBITION VINEYARDS: THE ITALIAN CONTRIBUTION TO VITICULTURE IN Missouri. By Robert F. Scheef THROUGH THE EYES OF A MEDICAL STUDENT: A WINDOW ON FRONTIER LIFE IN KANSAS City, 1870-1871. By Lawrence H. Larsen and Nancy J. Hulston TO THE DISINHERITED BELONGS THE FUTURE. By Amber R. Clifford UNION TROOPS AND THE CIVIL WAR IN SOUTHWESTERN MISSOURI AND NORTHWESTERN ARKANSAS. By Marvin R. Cain and BE skttdncicaintsiaiinosipaminbiianiicidnniaiaia 29 WAVES OF REVIVALISM IN CLAY COUNTY, 1840-1918. By Louis W. Potts WESTERN AMERICA: LANDSCAPES AND INDIANS: AN EXHIBITION