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

Citation

Jan Meranda, “Summer 2015 Platte County Fields,” Letitia Carson Digital History Collection , accessed March 29, 2024, https://letitiacarson.omeka.net/items/show/301.

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