This message is being forwarded to the list by the listowner. If you can add something to the message below or wish to contact the person who wrote the message, reply to "Richard D Brattin" <rdb1936@juno.com>. Please do not reply to the listowner. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Richard D Brattin" <rdb1936@juno.com> To: <BRATTON-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, July 12, 2004 6:43 PM Subject: {not a subscriber} William Bratton > Here is some info that might be of interest to fellow Bratton/Brattin > researchers. > > Ref: The Salt Lake Tribune, Monday, 12 July 2004, pg B3 > > The article is in ref to a book written by Larry E. Morris who is > chairman of the genealogy committee for the Lewis and Clark Trail > Heritage Foundation [based in Great Falls, MI]. Larry had written a > book...."The Fate of the Corps, what became of the Lewis and Clark > Explorers after the expedition." A collection of letters between an > Oregon novelist in the early 1900's and several relatives of expedition > members was one of his sources. > > "With the help of these letters, Morris was able to solve some > mysteries surrounding William Bratton, one of the nine young men from > Kentucky who served with Lewis and Clark." > "Bratton had serious health problems during the trek, but > afterward had a keelboat business on the Ohio and Mississippi rivers. He > witnessed the nation's worst earthquakes ever at New Madrid, MO, in 1811 > and 1812, and served in the War of 1812". > >