Historical Societies
Clay County Museum and Historical Society
The museum is located in Liberty, MO. The site has an audio description of its artifacts as well as a newsletter.
The museum is located in Liberty, MO. The site has an audio description of its artifacts as well as a newsletter.
The Ben Ferrell Museum Library has a collection of books on Virginia, Kentucky and Tennessee where many Platte County residents originated. It also has many donated family histories and Platte County newspapers on microfilm.
From their mission statment: “To procure, preserve, restore, maintain, study, and promote manuscripts, instruments, records, charters, evidence, and documents of a public or private nature which may have statistical, legal or historical significance to Clay County, Missouri, its government or residents, or such documents as might be desirable to the association and to encourage public interest therein.”
Located in Liberty, MO.