Platte County, Missouri History and Genealogy

597 pages of Platte County, Missouri history and genealogy including 315 family biographies plus 5 different maps featuring 22 Platte County, Missouri communities

An informative and historical overview of Platte County, Missouri including three separate books on one CD which include 5 historical maps (1851, 1902, 1904, 1920's and 1929)showing the locations of 24 settlements; plus the full 1885 Missouri Historical Company "History of Platte County, Missouri" book including 315 biographies. An important resource for the study and research of Platte County, Missouri history and genealogy.

This fascinating and detailed CD contains ALL of the following material on three separate books, ALL on one CD:

Book One of three, all on one CD: Maps of Platte County, Missouri
Included here are the Western Central region of Missouri sections of 5 different historical maps:

A. A rare 1851 map that shows the area of Platte County, Missouri just thirteen years after Platte County was formed. Locations shown: New Market * Parkville * Platte City * Weston *

B. A map of 1902 Platte County, Missouri showing the locations of 19 different settlements including all of the following: Artesian * Barry * Beverly Sta. * Camden Point * Dearborn * Edgerton * Farley * Iatan * New Market * Parkville * Platte City * Ridgeley * Settles Sta. * Stillings (East Leavenworth) * Sugar Lake * Tracy * Waldron * Weston * Woodruff *

C. A map of 1904 Platte County, Missouri showing the locations of 22 different settlements including all of the following: Beverly Station * Camden Point * Dearborn * Dye * Edgerton * Edgerton Station * Farley * Hampton * Hoover * Iatan * Linkville * Newmarket * Parkville * Platte City * Ridgeley * Settles Station * Stillings * Sugarlake * Tracy * Waldron * Weston * Woodruff *

D. A map from the 1920's which includes details of where various tourist sites and service stations were located.

E. A 1929 map from the Missouri Department of Transportation. You will be amazed at how many of the major routes were only dirt or gravel!

Book Two of three, all on one CD: Platte County, Missouri in 1913
Included here are five pages concerning Platte County, Missouri from the 1913 edition of The Missouri Red Book and contains about every imaginable statistic you could want for this time period. Some of the facts contained are the number of farms and their acreages, number of cows, horses, mules, pigs, sheep, goats, poultry, colonies of bees, how many farms had mortgages and how many were free of debt, the amount of butter produced, the number of bushels of apples, peaches, pears, etc. harvested, the number of quarts of blackberries harvested, the number of schools and teachers, plus hundreds of other detailed statistics. A wealth of information!

Book Three of three, all on one CD: The complete 1885 "History of Platte County, Missouri" by the National Historical Company.
This detailed (597 pages in all!) book has an incredible amount of historical and genealogical information about Platte County, Missouri from its earliest settlement up to 1885. This is an exact photo replica of all the pages pertaining to Platte County, Missouri including all of the historical and biographical information. Included are a total of 315 different Platte County, Missouri family biographies.

Here is just some of the information included:

The Indians in Platte County, Missouri
Explorations and Pioneers of Platte County, Missouri
The Platte Purchase
Earlier Permanent Settlements of Platte County, Missouri
Early Settlers of Platte County, Missouri (5 packed pages of names)
Organization of Platte County, Missouri
Material Progress of 1841-1860
Early Militia Organizations in Platte County, Missouri
The Mormon War
The Mexican War
The Kansas Troubles
The Civil War in Platte County, Missouri (81 pages, detailed history)
Enlistments for Southern Army from Platte County, Missouri
Union Enlistments from Platte County, Missouri
Federal Occupation of Platte County
Platte County Homicides, Trials, etc.
Platte County Bench and Bar
Politics and Public Men of Platte County, Missouri
Platte County Schools and Colleges
Material Progress of 1865-1885in Platte County, Missouri
Platte County Railroads and Bonded Debt
Platte County Churches and Lodges
Newspapers and Journalists in Platte County, Missouri
Pettis Township
May Township
Waldron Township
Preston Township
Carroll Township
Lee Township
Fair Township
Green Township
Weston Township
Marshall Township
Platte County, Missouri City and Town Histories: Atchison Junction * Barry * Beverly * Buena Vista * Camden Point * Dearborn * East Leavenworth * Edgerton * Farley * Hampton * Iatan * Linkville * New Market * Parkville * Platte City * Ridgely * Settle Station * Sugar Lake * Tracy * Waldron * Weston *
Platte County Biographical Sketches

Included is a total of 315 Platte County, Missouri family biographies including each of the following surnames:
(more than 1000 other surnames are also mentioned throughout the text and within these biographies): Abbott * Adams * Adkins * Albright * Alderson * Alexander * Allen * Anderson * Andrews * Asher * Atkins * Babcock * Baber * Bailey * Baker * Baldwin * Ballard * Banning * Barbee * Beckley * Beller * Benner * Blackburn * Bledsoe * Blythe * Bonifant * Bowen * Boydston * Brasfield * Brill * Brown * Bryant * Bueneman * Burgess * Burnes * Burruss * Callicotte * Calvert * Carson * Cartwright * Cecil * Chesnut * Chinn * Chrisman * Clarke * Clements * Clemings * Coburn * Cockrill * Coffey *Collier * Collins * Cook * Cox * Crutchfield * Cunningham * Dale * Davis * Deister * Doke * Duncan * Durkes * Dye * Eckert * Elley * Ellinger * Ellis * Engelhardt * Esmond * Evans * Fankhanel * Farmer * Farrington * Fellows * Flannery * Ford * Fulton * Funk * Gabbert * Gaylord * Gilbert * Gosney * Graves * Gregg * Grover * Guenther * Hammond * Hamon * Hardesty * Harrington * Harris * Heilemann * Herndon * Hillix * Hodges * Hull * Humphrey * Hurst * Jackson * Jacquemin * Johnson * Johnston * Jones * Kahm * Keller * Kenney * Kirkpatrick * Kirtley * Klamm * Krause * Kurtz * Kyle * Lamar * Lanter * Layton * Level * Lewis * Lindsay * Link * Linville * Littlejohn * Lollar * Lovelady * Lowe * Luthy * Magee * Magers * Martin * Mason * McAdow * McComas * McCormick * McMonigle * Meyer * Miller * Mills * Mitchell * Monson * Moore * Moss * Mountjoy * Mullendore * Mundy * Murdock * Naylor * Nelson * Newby * Newhouse * Newman * Newton * Nieman * Noble * Noland * Noll * Nunnelly * Oberdick * Offutt * Ohlhausen * Overbeck * Owens * Pack * Park * Parr * Paxton * Pearce * Pence * Perrin * Pratt * Price * Rader * Railey * Rainey * Rees * Renz * Reynolds * Risk * Rixey * Robbins * Robinson * Roney * Rose * Ruf * Russell * Schneider * Searcy * Seever * Shafer * Shenkner * Shepard * Shouse * Siler * Skaggs * Skillman * Slaughter * Smith * Soward * Spears * Stabler * Starks * Steele * Stephens * Stone * Stuckey * Stultz * Styne * Summers * Swaney * Synnamon * Talbot * Tate * Thatcher * Thomas * Thompson * Thornhill * Thorp * Threlkeld * Throckmorton * Tinder * Turner * Valliant * Wallace * Waller * Warner * Weisser * Weldin * Wells * Wheeler * White * Whiteley * Wiehe * Wilkerson * Willhoite * Williams * Winston * Wood * Woodbridge * Woolston * Wren *

Platte County, Missouri is located in the West Central portion of Missouri and is surrounded by the following counties: Clay County, Missouri * Clinton County, Missouri * Buchanan County, Missouri * Atchison County, Kansas * and Wyandotte County, Kansas. (click on highlighted county names for a complete description)

Each of the 3 books on this CD is in Adobe Acrobat pdf format and requires the free Acrobat Reader program to view. You probably already have this program on your computer but if not, a free copy of the program is included on the CD. Each of the books is designed to look just like a regular book and is bookmarked to move easily and quickly from one section another. This CD will operate on any Pentium or equivalent computer with a CD drive. This CD was designed by, and is available exclusively from Hearthstone Legacy Publications.

The cost for this CD containing all 3 books described above is only $9.95 plus shipping. A large amount of history and genealogy information for very little cost! A truly fascinating view of Platte County, Missouri from its first settlement to 1885.

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