Platte Purchase, The

Publication

St. Joseph Museums

Name/Title

Entry/Object ID

L1978.1.56

Description

The Platte Purchase is a booklet that begins with the Indian tribes which lived here and from whom the land was purchased. It covers men who went to bat for the purchase and of the counties organized within it. Towns, post offices, the arrival of Joseph Robidoux, and the battle over the decision on the county seat are discussed. Mills on the rivers and roads were important, also. 32/Softbound/Maps.

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Pamphlet

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Nomenclature Class

Documentary Objects

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

LOC Thesaurus for Graphic Materials

Government, Maps, Sites, County government, Settlements

Search Terms

Missouri History, 19th Century American West, Platte Purchase, Indian Interaction, Indian Tribes, Robidoux, Joseph

Publication Details

Author

Spratt, william E.

Place Published

City

Columbia

State/Province

Missouri

Date Published

1918

Call No.

MoHist SP

Notes

Copy No.: 1

Condition

Overall Condition

Good

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

Robidoux, Joseph