Annals of Platte County, Missouri - Paxton
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1859, APRIL. 277 COUNTY FINANCES. assignment to C. A. Perry was produced, and a long litigation ensued. April 4 - The county takes $1,000 stock in the turnpike from Weston to Platte City. W. S. Reyburn takes out license for a ferry at Leavenworth for $60. April 7 - The county court orders a pavement to, be constructed in front of the new clerk's office. Tim. Turner having died, J. F. Broadhurst administered. Bond, $4,000. He lived a few miles west of Barry. April 29 - Ground broken for a the W. & A. Railroad. A grand barbeque, above Weston, commemorated the event. It was finished April 1, 1861. MAY COUNTY FINANCES.