Annals of Platte County, Missouri - Paxton
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1846. APRIL. 77 MEXICAN WAR 4th District for Congress Mr. Hall had moved to St. Joseph APRIL April 2 - The Presbyterian Church of Weston buys part of Lot 147, Block 14 for $1,000. F. B. Martin, for $3,000, sells to J. B. and T. B. Martin his one-fourth interest in the Platte City Water Mills. April 4 - The Liberty Tribune established. April 17 - Jas. Kuykendall busy the S. W. 1/4 of Sec. 24, T. 53, R. 35, at $5 per acre. MAY May 1 - The Mexican War commences in earnest. The President having called for 50,000 volunteers, Governor Edwards, about the middle of May, calls for a regiment. W. S. Murphy, of Weston, raises a comany of infantry. JUNE June 2 - The appraisement of William Wood's estate shows the following prices June 4 - J. M. Rogers, administrator of William M. Fox. Bond, $1,500. June 15 - Swope & Henderson, administrators of John Henderson. Bond, $2,000. June 18 - When volunteers readched Fort Leavenworth, they were formed into a regiment, and A. W. Doniphan was chosen colonel, C. F. Ruf lieutenant-colonel, and William Gibson major. A list of part of Capt. Murphy's company will be found in Gatewood's "History of Platte", page 613. June 26 - The brigade of 1,658 men started to Santa Fe under command of Gen. Kearney. They reached Santa Fe August 18th. On September 25th Gen. Kearney left for the Pacific coast, and Col. Doniphan, now general, succeeded to the command, and immortalized himself by another "march to the sea". He has been called "the Xenophon of the West". JULY July 1 - Sterling price, a member of Congress from Missouri, resigned his seat, and returned home to recruit another regiment for the war. Jesse Morin raised a company in Platte. They met at Platte City, and elected Isaac W. Gibson first lieutenant and John Larkin