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Weston Historic District is a national historic district located at Weston, Platte County, Missouri.The district encompasses 16 full blocks and portions of 8 additional city blocks in the central business district and surrounding residential sections of Weston.
William "Buffalo Bill" Cody was at one time a resident of Weston, and the town was a major "jumping off" point for the Santa Fe Trail, the Oregon Trail and the California Gold Rush. In 1881, Weston was the site of the lynching of the biracial Charles Reese after he was accused of the rape and murder of the sixteen-year-old Nancy Stillwell. [4]
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After being dried in barns, the tobacco leaves will be auctioned in November. The annual sale in Weston is the only tobacco auction west of the Mississippi River. The first Weston auction was in 1911.
In Missouri, only counties of the third and fourth classes, which are those with a total assessed valuation under $450,000,000, may have township governments, but are not required to. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] As of 2021, 20 of the 114 Missouri counties had township governments, containing 285 townships. [ 1 ]
English: The Old St. George Hotel in Weston, MO. Part of the Weston Historic District. Part of the Weston Historic District. This is an image of a place or building that is listed on the National Register of Historic Places in the United States of America .
Weston Township is an inactive township in Platte County, in the U.S. state of Missouri. [ 1 ] Weston Township was erected in 1840, taking its name from the community of Weston, Missouri .
Missouri District Warehouse, also known as the Weston Tobacco Warehouse and Weston Burley House No. 1, is a historic warehouse located at Weston, Platte County, Missouri. It was built in 1937, and is a sprawling, two-story, rectangular, steel-frame building sheathed with corrugated metal. It measures 125 feet by 300 feet.