Annals of Platte County, Missouri - Paxton
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1878, SEPT 667 BANK FAILURE II. FRED J. JACKSON Minnie De May 1. Clemmie Jackson Sept. 20 - Dr. G. W. Field, of New Market, buys the Smith Adams farm, two miles east of Platte City, and moves upon it. Sept. 23 - The Farmers' National Bank of Platte City failed. H. B. Cullum Weston Saving Bank Mastin Bank Bank of the State of Missouri Bank of St. Joseph (Burnes) James N. Burnes Bank of Missouri Crisp Sept. 30 - The late rise of the Missouri river washed in much land on the route from Beverly to the Missouri River bridge, and the Government and the Rock Island Railroad are rip-rapping the shore to prevent the river from breaking through the bottom east of the bridge. Crisp and Sawyer. Yellow fever at Vicksburg Broken banks Treasurer Gates J. N. Burnes OCTOBER W. C. Wells Rev. Chas. Babcock at Parkville Oct. 12 - John M. Harris' house burned. Rev. T. R. Valliant Epicopal Church at Weston REV. JOSEPH DEVLIN died