Platte Purchase Marker, Installed at Wyeth-Tootle Mansion Photos (2), c. 1960

Photograph

St. Joseph Museums

94.1H.200 Platte Purchase Marker, in St. Joseph, MO, 11th & Charles, photo

Name/Title

Platte Purchase Marker, Installed at Wyeth-Tootle Mansion Photos (2), c. 1960

Entry/Object ID

P1994.1H.200

Description

Platte Purchase Marker, Installed at Wyeth-Tootle Mansion Photos (2), c. 1960. b/w. Two close-up photos of the bronze plaque on boulder-style monument installed at 11th & Charles Street. This is now the historic home, Wyeth-Tootle Mansion, owned by the City of St. Joseph and operated by the St. Joseph Museum. Previously, beginning in 1948, the mansion was home to the St. Joseph Museum. The marker is on the northwest corner of the mansion near the house. The marker was created for the centennial of the Purchase in 1937. The marker has a raised outline of the area that comprised the Purchase with counties identified and St. Joseph specifically marked. Text of marker: "Platte Purchase 1837-1937 Sixteen Years after the admission of Missouri to the Union this territory now comprising six counties was purchased from the Sax, Fox, and Ioway Indians. Negotiations for the United States were conducted by William Clark, Governor of Indian Territory. Erected 1939 by Rebecca Rolfe Chapter, Daughters of American Colonists" Original digital scan located on History CD 04

Made/Created

Artist

Reynolds, Don

Date made

1960

Place

City

St. Joseph

State/Province

Missouri

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Print, Photographic

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Photograph

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Graphic Documents

Nomenclature Class

Documentary Objects

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

Search Terms

Platte Purchase, Platte Purchase Marker, Platte Purchase Centennial, 1937

Dimensions

Height

8 in

Width

10 in

Condition

Overall Condition

Good

Maintenance

Maintenance History

Date

Dec 31, 2020