Description
"What the Roving Artist Finds of Interest at Historic Platte City" - Sketches of Platte County landmarks -
"All that is left of the old "Half Way House" - It is said unruly slaves were chained to the wall in the cellar of the "Half Way House" (the iron rings are gone now)."
"Built of native stone before Civil War by father of W. T. Jenkins (Howell Jenkins) - This stone house built by slaves, took 3 years, walls are 2 feet thick, has ten fireplaces, now the home of Mr. and Mrs. T. C. Miller." (Researcher's note: Howell Jenkin's home was located on Lot 4, Block 28, in Platte City, Missouri.)
"Miss Phebe Paxton, now 89 years old, remembers the old colored "mammy" that lived in this slave cabin."Date(s) of Creation
11/24/1940
