Platte County is organized on this date with Platte City as its seat. Less than two years later, the county pays $100 to buy a double-log building it could use as a courthouse, according to a history on the county’s website. This photo shows Platte City’s Howell Jenkins House and its original porticos circa 1900.

Photo credit: Library of Congress. https://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/mo0844.photos.097752p/