Editing Platte City, Missouri (section)

== History ==
[[Image:Platte-courthouse.jpg|thumb|left|Platte County Courthouse in Platte City was built after the original courthouse was destroyed in the [[Burning of Platte City]] during the [[American Civil War]]. [[Blanche Barrow]] was held at the adjoining jail following a [[Bonnie and Clyde]] shootout just south of Platte City at the [[Red Crown Tourist Court]].]]

Platte City was founded by Zadock "Zed" Martin and was incorporated as a city in September 1843.

On December 16, 1861, [[W. James Morgan|Colonel W. James Morgan's]] Union Squad [[Burning of Platte City|razed Platte City, including the courthouse.]]

The Platte County Fair held annually just outside Platte City began in 1863 and is the oldest continuously operating fair west of the [[Mississippi River]].

On April 3, 1882, [[Jesse James]] planned a robbery of the Platte City bank, but it was never carried out due to his assassination by [[Robert Ford (outlaw)|Robert Ford]] on the morning of the raid.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=9B01E1DE173DE533A25757C0A9629C94639FD7CF|title = Jesse James Shot Down.; Killed by One of His Confederates Who Claims to be a Detective|newspaper = The New York Times|date = 4 April 1882}}</ref>

On July 19, 1933 [[Bonnie and Clyde]] were ambushed by, and engaged in, a shootout with local authorities just south of Platte City at the [[Red Crown Tourist Court]].

The [[Frederick Krause Mansion]] and [[Platte County Courthouse (Platte City, Missouri)|Platte County Courthouse]] are listed on the [[National Register of Historic Places]].<ref name="nris">{{NRISref|version=2010a}}</ref>