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Reflecting History— Archive
- Indian cultures fluid and complex (Nov. 2006)
- Travel guide makes trip possible for anyone (Oct. 2006)
- Through the prairie to America (Sept. 2006)
- Rhodes creates a portrait of passion (Aug. 2006)
- A reference book that makes great reading (July 2006)
- White's book continues to broaden our view of nature (June 2006)
- Named after Paddy (May 2006)
- Spread of flu during WWI has lessons for today (April 2006)
- More than natural of accidental (March 2006)
- In dams, the seen and unseen (February 2006)
- Mohicans survive because of their experience in the past (January 2006)
- It's art and it's us, mostly (December 2005)
- For 19th century Missouri and Arkansas settlers, the land and body were intertwined (November 2005)
- A long, fruitful, and history shaping romance (October 2005)
- Voices of Native American and plains history (September 2005)
- An artist matures amid the fur trade of the upper Missouri (August 2005)
- An uncommonly common man travels with Lewis and Clark (July 2005)
- Identity based on 'Indianness" constantly remakes Americans and Indians (June 2005)
- Ritual violence regulated power and wealth before U.S. arrival (May 2005)
- Pull the plug on a failed project (April 2005)
- Cherokee Cases critique the rule of law (March 2005)
- A Texas river in Midwestern backyards (Feb. 2005)
- A good idea never gets old (Jan. 2005)
- Dust Bowl's storm were more than dust (Dec. 2004)
- Trickery and morality combine for great reading (Oct. 2004)
- A little Paradise on the prairie (Sept. 2004)
- Wamego's hot for a movie (Aug. 2004)
- Washita breaks the big picture apart into real pieces (July 2004)
- Run as far and as fast as you can (June 2004)
- A river excursion reflects the nation’s journey (May 2004)
- Experiencing the breadth and solitude of history: Wilson Island State Recreation Area and the nearby DeSoto National Wildlife Refuge (April 2004)
- See the Ozarks! (March 2004)
- A regular guy in this life and one previous (Feb. 2004)
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Patrick Dobson is a journalist, poet, and freelance writer and editor based in Kansas City, MO. He publishes and edits the online literary magazine, the poetrysheet. His award-winning columns, editorials, and articles have appeared in PitchWeekly, eKC, and Discover Mid-America. His poetry and short stories have been published in the pages of The Kansas City Star, Review, Friction Magazine, Mid-America Poetry Review, The Same, and Thorny Locust. He is now pursuing a doctorate in history at the University of Missouri-Kansas City.