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Source:
History of Clay and Platte
Counties, Missouri
Publ. 1885
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Note: Some of the Townships are incomplete but will be
transcribed upon request by contacting
Sharon Wick |
| CHAPTER I. - ABORIGINES. |
| Pre-Historic Inhabitants - The Indians -
Sioux and Algonquins - The Missouris - The Osages, the Sac
and Foxes, and the Iowas - Battle of the Little Platte -
Potawatomies - Kickapoos - The Issue House - Reminiscences
----------------------------------------- Pages 531-538 |
| CHAPTER II. - EXPLORATIONS
AND PIONEERS. |
| French and Spanish - First American
Visitors - Steamboat Expedition - Rialto - First White
Settlement - The Natural Advantages of Platte County
becoming Reorganized - Second Creek Settlers - Expelled in
1836 - Other Pioneers - The Liberty - Ft. Leavenworth Trail.
---Pages 538-545 |
| CHAPTER III. - THE PLATTE
PURCHASE - INDIAN TITLE EXTINGUISHED - 1835-1836 |
| Preliminary Steps - The Platte Country
Correspondence in Reference Thereto - Meeting at Liberty,
Mo. - Its Object - Memorial - Efforts of Benton and
Linn - Treaty with the Iowas, Sacs and Fox Indians.
--------------------------------------- Pages 545-553 |
CHAPTER IV. - EARLIER
PERMANENT SETTLEMENTS AND IMPROVEMENTS
- 1837-1840 |
| The Rush of Immigrants - Causes, Etc. -
Appearance and Condition of the Country - The Work of the
Early Settlers - Their Diversions - House-Raisings - The
Class of People - Early Private Surveys - The Pre-emption
Law - Pioneer Mills - Early Towns - Rialto, Platte City,
Newmarket, Weston, Ridgely, Parkville, Farley, Barry, Iatan
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List of Early Settlers -----------------Pages553-567 |
| CHAPTER V. - ORGANIZATIONS
OF THE COUNTY, EARLY OFFICIALS, COURTS, PROCEEDINGS AND
PUBLIC BUILDINGS - 1837-1840 |
| Platte a Part of Clay - Officials of the
Annexed Territory - Election of 1838 - Platte County
Organized - Act of Organization - The New County - First
County Court - Municipal Townships Established - Regular and
Adjourned Terms - County Boundary Report - First Term of the
Circuit Court - First Grand Jury - First Attorneys - First
Instruments Recorded - Early Marriages ---------
Pages567-583 |
| CHAPTER VI. - MATERIAL
PROGRESS OF TWENTY YEARS - 1841-1890 |
| Government Surveys - Work and Improvements
- Land Entries - Hard Times Among the Settlers - Great Flood
of 1844, Followed by Much Sickness - Hemp Growing - Other
Leading Products - Emigration to Oregon - Effect of the
Mexican War upon the People - California Gold Excitement -
Argonauts from Platte County - Salt Lake and Indian Trade -
The Four Years Preceding the Kansas Troubles, and Drawbacks
During that Period - Draught of 1854 - Four Years Preceding
1861 - Population and Property Valuation from 1840 to 1860 -
State Roads, Bridges, Railroads, Etc. ----Pages 606-611 |
| CHAPTER VII. - EARLY MILITIA
ORGANIZATIONS - THE MORMAN WAR. |
| Two Regiments - Officers - Drills - Martial
Spirit - Social Features - The Mormon War - Militia Called
out and War Begun - Platte County Battalion of "Gentiles" -
Surrender of Mormons - Return of the Troops -------Page
606-611 |
| CHAPTER VIII. - THE MEXICAN
WAR. |
| Army of the West - Platte and Cole Infantry
Battalion - Departure of the Expedition - arrival of
Kearney in Santa Fe - Col. Sterling
Price - Captain. Morin's Platte County Company - Names
of Members - The Ortiz Insurrection - Murder of Gov. Bent
and Others - Battles of La Canada - Ambuscade at El
Embudo - Storming and Capture of Fort Pueblo do Taos - Other
Battles - Massacre and Subsequent Battle at Moro -
Engagement at Clenega - The Return Home - Capt. Denver's
Company - Names of Volunteers From this County - Society of
Veterans of the Mexican War ----Pages 611-626 |
| CHAPTER IX. - THE KANSAS
TROUBLES |
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| CHAPTER X. - THE CIVIL WAR. |
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| CHAPTER XI. - CHAPTER XI. -
HOMICIDES, TRIALS, ETC. |
| Murder of Hall L. Wilkerson -
An Election Row - Affray in Platte County - Killing of Wm.
Callahan - Ducote Killed by White -
G. S. Elgin Assassinated - Nathaniel Daniels
Killed by Huston - Capt. Dan Jenkins
Assassinated - Killing of Burge by Johnson -
Thomas Morgan Killed by Israel
Health and Benj. Fulcher - Alvis
Homicide - Killing of Dr. Spencer - George
Burgess Kills his Cousin - John Jones kills John
Bone - Tipton Kills Woodson
--------Pages 736-745 |
| CHAPTER XII. - BENCH AND BAR |
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| CHAPTER XIII. - POLITICS AND
PUBLIC MEN |
| First Election, 1838 - Succeeding Elections
- Votes of the County Since 1856 - Public Officials
--------- Pages 760-768 |
| CHAPTER XIV. - SCHOOLS AND
COLLEGES AND LITERARY CULTURE |
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| CHAPTER XV. - MATERIAL
PROGRESS SINCE THE WAR - 1865-1885 |
| Assessed Valuation in 1865 - Platte County
Fair Association - Its Officers - Bridges - Weston and
Platte City Turnpike - Valuation and Tax for 1885 -
Description of Platte county ------- Pages 782-793 |
| CHAPTER XVI. - RAILROADS AND
BONDED DEBT. |
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| CHAPTER XVII. - CHURCHES AND
LODGES. |
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| CHAPTER XVIII. - NEWSPAPERS
AND JOURNALISTS. |
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CHAPTER XIX. - PETTIS
TOWNSHIP |
| Boundary and Physical Features - Population
- Early Settlers and Names of Those First Associated with
the Township - Present Condition - Hampton - Location Etc. -
Parkville, the Principal City in the Township -
Reminiscences - First Merchants, Etc. - History of the Town
- Its Outlook Now - Business in the Place - BIOGRAPHICAL
-----------Pages 838-872 |
|
CHAPTER XX - MAY TOWNSHIP |
| Boundary - Physical Features - Early
Settlers - Barry - Pioneer Preachers and Church Members -
Linkville - Principal Business Houses of the Place - Its
condition as a Business Center - BIOGRAPHICAL
--------Pages 872-885 |
|
CHAPTER XXI. - WALDRON
TOWNSHIP |
| Formation, Boundary, etc. - Physical
Features - Early Settlers - Waldron - Where Located - By
Whom Laid Out - Present Business - BIOGRAPHICAL
----------Pages 885-894 |
|
CHAPTER XXII. - PRESTON
TOWNSHIP |
| Boundary - Physical Features - Early
Settlers - Ridgely - Early Merchants in the Town - Business
Outlook - Edgerton - One of the Most Important Towns in the
County - Present Business Interests - Early Churches - Union
Mills and Distillery - BIOGRAPHICAL
--------------Pages 894-910 |
|
CHAPTER XXIII. - CARROLL
TOWNSHIP. |
| Location, Area and Boundary - Physical
Features - Early Settlers - Who They Were and Where From -
Platte City - Its Situation - Known as the Falls of Platte
River - Originally called Martinsville, after Zadoc Martin -
A Sketch of Him - First Court Held in Tavern of Mike Faylor1
- First Sale of Lots After Town Was Laid Out - Charter
Obtained - Sketches of a few Pioneers - Early Buildings -
Churches, Etc. - Schools Established - Chronological Annals
from 1862 to 1878 - Postmasters of Platte City - Other Items
- Public Schools - Business of the City - Exchange Bank of
Wells & Co. - BIOGRAPHICAL ----- Pages 910-977 |
|
CHAPTER XXIV. - LEE TOWNSHIP |
| Territory and Boundary - Water Courses -
Pioneers in the Township - Farley - Population, Etc. - East
Leavenworth, also called City Point -BIOGRAPHICAL -------Pages
977-990 |
|
CHAPTER XXV. - FAIR TOWNSHIP. |
| Territory and Boundary - Physical Features
- Early Settlers - Tracy - By Whom Surveyed - For Whom Named
- Early Merchants - Present Business in the Town - Beverly -
Settle Station - BIOGRAPHICAL ------------Pages
990-1011 |
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CHAPTER XXVI. - GREEN
TOWNSHIP. |
| Boundary and Area - Nature of the Soil -
Its Adaptability for Agricultural Purposes - Timber -
Stock-raising Industry - Early Settlers - New Market - When
and by Whom Laid Out - Originally Called Jacksonville -
Buena Vista - Camden Point - Location, Etc. - Atchison
Junction - Dearborn- Sketch of Singleton Woods -
BIOGRAPHICAL ----------------Pages 1011-1037 |
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CHAPTER XXVII. - WESTON
TOWNSHIP |
| Boundary - Peculiarities of the Soil -
Location of the Most Highly Improved Lands - Early Settlers
- City of Weston - Situation - When Platted - First Female
in the place - Early Business Men - Her Foreign Trade - Hemp
Growing - Present Outlook - Commercial and Industrial
Interests - Apple Shipments - Weston's Great Men - Pony
Express and Overland Mail - Lodges - Miscellaneous
----------------- Pages 1037-1083 |
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CHAPTER XXVIII. - MARSHALL
TOWNSHIP |
| Boundary - Stock and Fruit Interests -
Pioneers - Iatan - Present Business Men - Sugar Lake and
Bean's Lake - BIOGRAPHICAL -------- Pages
1086-1121 |
