Summer 2015 Platte County Fields
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Title
Summer 2015 Platte County Fields
Description
A photograph from the summer of 2015 when Jan Meranda traveled to the land where David Carson once lived. David Carson originally immigrated to North Carolina but spent time in Platte City in Platte County Missouri as it was being formed. He lived there right as it was becoming an incorporated area. David had both a lot in Platte City just west of 1st Street (which her husband John surveyed) and a farm southwest of town on a gentle hillside just northeast of the junction of Farley and Grass Pad Roads. According to historian Bob Zybach, David likely purchased or leased Letitia in Missouri, maybe as late as 1844. He had a hog farm and a house in town, beginning in 1838 or so, and these were sold or transferred to family after his death. He lived in Missouri from 1838 to 1845 when he began the journey to Oregon Country.
Creator
Jan Meranda
Source
Jan Meranda Personal Collection
Publisher
LCLP
Date
Summer 2015
Contributor
Jan Meranda, John Meranda
Rights
Copyright: Jan Meranda
Relation
From a series of photographs taken by Jan Meranda in the summer of 2015 when she traveled to the land where David Carson once lived.
Format
JPEG
Type
Photograph
Identifier
Platte Co Photo - 2
Coverage
Platte County, Missouri
Collection
Citation
Jan Meranda, “Summer 2015 Platte County Fields,” Letitia Carson Digital History Collection , accessed May 2, 2024, https://letitiacarson.omeka.net/items/show/301.