Platte’s history is
mostly unwritten
The public archives hold only 2 old photos of Platte. The rest are in attics, shoeboxes and the historical society. Help start the collection.
The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗Platte City was founded by Zadock "Zed" Martin and was incorporated as a city in September 1843.
On December 16, 1861, Colonel W. James Morgan's Union Squad razed Platte City, including the courthouse.
The Platte County Fair held annually just outside Platte City began in 1863 and is the oldest continuously operating fair west of the Mississippi River.
On April 3, 1882, Jesse James planned a robbery of the Platte City bank, but it was never carried out due to his assassination by Robert Ford on the morning of the raid.
On July 19, 1933 Bonnie and Clyde were ambushed by, and engaged in, a shootout with local authorities just south of Platte City at the Red Crown Tourist Court.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Platte’s history is told.
0 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 🔁Retake an old viewLe Tour du monde-05-p369, 1862: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Famous people from Platte
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2 historic places in Platte
2 places in Platte are on the National Register of Historic Places, the country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving.
Where they are
When they were listed
Then & now
No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as Le Tour du monde-05-p369 (1862) and it appears here side by side.
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nearby towns’ historyFrom Wikimedia Commons (6). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.