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The Platte Purchase
1837 – Missouri Annexes Northwestern Border with the Platte Purchase Prior to 1837, much of the northwestern part of present-day Missouri was not a part of the state at all. When Missouri was…
1837 – Missouri Annexes Northwestern Border with the Platte Purchase Prior to 1837, much of the northwestern part of present-day Missouri was not a part of the state at all. When Missouri was…