Annals of Platte County, Missouri - Paxton
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1853, MAY. 170 HANGING OF ABE Capt. John McCord having died Luke P. Stiles live in the bottoms opposite Leavenworth east leavenworth built a steamer for the Missouri River trade The Edna Steamboat captain on the Missouri William H. Bell buys largely of real estate in Weston. PLATTE CITY WATER MILLS Paxton & Callahan buy of Jas. B. Martin one undivided half of the mills and 300 acres of land for $15,000. They sell their stock of goods to Metcalfe & Bradley. W. B. Almond owned the other half of the mill property; and the new firm was known as Almond, Paxton & Callahan. JUNE D. R. Atchison buys of the Mill Company 10 acres in a square, on what has since been knows as Atchison Hill, at $500. It lies south of Platte City. John A. Tutt having died. P. Ellington James M. Kuykendall keeps a ferry over the Missouri river at Parkville. THE HANGING OF ABE L. Shepard, sheriff hung Abe, a negro, convicted of murder Hon. R. P. C. Wilsons house, near Platte City. Abe & Dan were slaves of Nathan Newby