page_title: Platte City, Missouri
section_title: History
hierarchical_section_title: Platte City, Missouri / History
context_page_description: Platte City is a city in Platte County, Missouri within the United States, along the Platte River. The population was 4,691 at the 2010 census. It is the county seat of Platte County. The city is part of the Kansas City metropolitan area.
context_section_description: Platte City was founded by Zadock "Zed" Martin and was incorporated as a city in September 1843.
  On December 16, 1861, Colonel W. James Morgan's Union Squad 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 on the morning of the raid.
  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 are listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
caption: 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.
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