Platte County

Platte County is the name of three counties in the United States:

  • Platte County, Missouri
  • Platte County, Nebraska
  • Platte County, Wyoming
  • Platte County, Colorado Territory, an unorganized county of the Territory of Colorado from 1872 to 1874

Other articles related to "platte county, platte":

Benjamin Franklin Stringfellow - Border Ruffian
... he and his brother John moved to Weston, Missouri in Platte County, Missouri just across the Missouri River from Fort Leavenworth, Kansas ... In 1854 after four slaves from Platte County ran away to Leavenworth he was among the organizers of the Platte County Self-Defensive Association to ...
Burning Of Platte City
... The first Burning of Platte City, Missouri occurred during the American Civil War on December 16, 1861, after Union troops attempted to capture the bushwhacker Silas M ... Gordon, who lived in Platte County, Missouri, had been conducting numerous raids and was suspected of masterminding the September 3, 1861, Platte Bridge ... Joseph Railroad train was derailed on a sabotaged bridge across the Platte River (Missouri) by St ...
Platte County, Colorado Territory - See Also
... History portal Geography portal North America portal United States portal Colorado portal Outline of Colorado Index of Colorado-related articles Historic Colorado counties Weld County, Colorado. ...

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