Embedded Document /system/files/2022-12/LT_SM_JW_Dispatch_Hocking.pdf Download this PDF Abstract Located on the border of both Smith and Jewell Counties, tiny Dispatch was founded by the Dutch Reformed Church. When the church split along doctrinal lines, two cemeteries evolved for two different church populations. The main church was founded in 1871; the split occurred in 1872. The landscape of this area still reveals its early history. The bleak, flat prairies stretching around a large church and its two graveyards tell a tale of dissent and survival. The author, connected through family to these Dutch settlers, provides photographs and stories. Authors Hocking, Jillian Date Mar 01, 2010 Tags Dispatch Jewell County Smith County Publisher Kansas State University, The Chapman Center for Rural Studies Citation Hocking, Jillian, “Dispatch, Smith and Jewell Counties,” Lost Kansas Communities, https://lostkansas.ccrsdigitalprojects.com/dispatch-smith-and-jewell-counties. Rights This Item is protected by copyright and/or related rights. You are free to use this Item in any way that is permitted by the copyright and related rights legislation that applies to your use. For other uses you need to obtain permission from the rights-holder(s). NOTE: Rights status of accompanying images may differ from text.