articles & newsletters

Mabel Emery Bell with students






Articles from local writers

November 2012 - Missouri Municipal Review

WESTON – CELEBRATING 175 YEARS!

by Kim Kirby, Museum Director


1983 - Discover North Magazine

INDIANS OF PLATTE COUNTY  Part I

INDIANS OF PLATTE COUNTY Part II

By Platte County Historian Doctor R.J. Felling, the two articles are an interesting narrative of Native American removal because not only were the original inhabitants of the area displaced but groups from the east were also relocated from Platte County. It is a sad history.


Black History: Mabel Emery Bell, defining greatness as a teacher, role model and mentor in Weston’s segregated school

Article written 2006 by Sandra Lewis Miller, a native of Weston and the author of “Memories of Weston, Vols. I & II       

Black History: George Washington Ellis 1875-1919, notable lawyer, author, scholar and diplomat

Excerpts from a presentation given by Rebecca Ehrich at the First Annual Juneteenth Celebration Jubilee in Weston, MO – June 2021

Museum Musings Newsletters from the archives

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Following are newsletters from the archives with one featured article listed; there are many more in each issue. Explore and Enjoy!

  • 2019

    • Quarter 4 High Water.Low Land. Rivers and Bridges are a big part of Farley history

    • Quarter 3 Stagecoach King becomes Missouri’s first millionaire / 1953 school year interrupted by fire and water

    • Quarter 2 Kirkpatrick Island was situated in Bean Lake

    • Quarter 1 Buffalo Bill’s early ties to Weston

  • 2018

  • 2017

    • Quarter 4 Visitors Intrigued with donated Antique Pinball Machine

    • Quarter 3 Bees, Piglets and Fires OH MY!

    • Quarter 2 Schools Celebrate The Closing of their Year (from Weston Chronicle archives)

    • Quarter 1 The Passing of an Industry (Steamboats)

  • 2016

    • Quarter 4 Upon My Death . . .

      • (This article, reprinted from “The Newsletter of the Friends of the Missouri State Archives” in the fall issue of 2000, was written by Carolyn Larsen and Becky Carlson, Missouri State Field Archivists, about records they found while doing preservation work in Jackson County.)

    • Quarter 3 More or Less Forgotten, These Women Made a Difference

    • Quarter 2 Characters of Weston - Progressive Mayor Brought Much Change to City

    • Quarter 1 Latest Museum Project Undertakes Preservation of Gravestone Information

  • 2015

    • Quarter 4 Merriment and Rivalries And Challenges, Oh My!

    • Quarter 3 Weston Girl Wins In National History Day

    • Quarter 2 Brewery Oil Painting Back in Museum

    • Quarter 1 Fire Leaves Weston High School in Ruins (September 1953 fire)

  • 2014

    • Quarter 4 Team “Awesome” Regains Trivia Night Title

    • Quarter 3 New Case Makes Sense of Boone/Warner History

    • Quarter 2* not published

    • Quarter 1 Essay Winners Announced; Business Histories Finished - Histories Presented to Building Owners

  • 2013

    • Quarter 4 Weston Started Missouri Tobacco Industry (article from the Weston Chronicle, Jan. 5, 1921)

    • Quarter 3 “Adopt A Block” Campaign Begun (American Red Cross Quilt 1917)

    • Quarter 2 Price/Loyles Items on Display in Your Museum

    • Quarter 1 Weston’s Lawmen Through The Years

  • 2012

    • Quarter 4 Weston’s 175th Anniversary Celebrated in High Style

    • Quarter 3 First to Register in 1940 & the Only Westonian Sunk by a Torpedo (George Osborn)

    • Quarter 2 1931 Letter Sheds Light on Road (between Bee Creek and Fort Leavenworth)

    • Quarter 1 Bellar Rebuts Scathing Article of Weston (April 1895)

  • 2011

    • Quarter 4 Truman Library Tour a Success

    • Quarter 3 Thanks for Making 50/50 Campaign a Success

    • Quarter 2 High Winds, Bad Weather No Stranger to the Area (Weston Chronicle article May 14, 1886)

    • Quarter 1 Moxie Hanley was Cody’s Press Photographer (Weston Chronicle December 3, 1965 Article)

  • 2010

    • Quarter 4 Pictures from the Past

    • Quarter 3 Museum Kicks Off 50 Years/$50,000 Fund Campaign

    • Quarter 2 50 Years of Displays

    • Quarter 1 We’re Celebrating! It’s our Fiftieth Birthday!!