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Missouri: Platte Purchase

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Title: Missouri: Platte Purchase
Description: These sites include information about the Platte Purchase. Tells briefly about the history of some of the counties included in the purchase, the Treaty of 1836, and a biography of Joseph Robidoux.
Grade Level: 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
Resource Links: Buchanan County Missouri
Read about the areas that were added into the state of Missouri in the Platte Purchase.

History of Platte County
A brief look at the history of Platte County.

History of Nodaway County
Read about the history of Nodaway County.

Platte City
Review the history of Platte City which is found in Platte County.

Holt County
Read a brief history of this county. Includes a map of the state showing the location of Holt County.

Missouri Counties Map
This is an easy-to-read map of the counties in Missouri. Find the six counties added to Missouri in the Platte Purchase. Click on the county to find out about it.

Education Standards: MO Standards:
1.1, 1.5, 1.9, 2, 6


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Reviewed December 7, 2004.

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