The museum files are filled with insight into the daily lives of early residents.

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Scholars and history enthusiasts can schedule time for research by calling the museum for an appointment. The museum has thousands of documents and photographs available in hundreds of categories focused on Weston and the surrounding area. Most items are digitally cataloged and some original documents and photos can be viewed with permission.

There may be a fee for research. Call or email us for more information. 816-386-2977 and leave a message if we don’t answer.

Email us at: curator@westonhistoricalmuseum.org

Keep checking back with us. We are working to populate this new website with an abundance of information from our files that is both interesting and helpful for research. Though a visit to the museum is always the first choice. No admission fee.

Some Additional Resources

Finding aids to the papers of Bertha Bless https://collections.shsmo.org/manuscripts/columbia/c1740

Directory of Platte County newspapers https://shsmo.org/sites/default/files/pdfs/newspapers/counties/platte.pdf

Articles about Weston from the Missouri Historical Review (the publication of the State Historical Society) https://digital.shsmo.org/digital/collection/mhr/id/23943

Illustrated Historical Atlas of Platte County, 1877 https://digital.shsmo.org/digital/collection/plat/id/3699/

Digitized newspaper collections such as the Weston Border Times https://shsmo.newspapers.com/paper/the-border-times/23636/?odt=%2Bwpr6t9G%2BhZIS5Idrj55MA%3D%3D

The State Historical Society of Missouri, https://shsmo.org/

National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form- Congressional District #6-W. R. Hull, Jr.

Sandborn Map for Weston, MO 1886

Sanborn Maps

Sanborn Maps are fire insurance maps used in the 19th and early 20th centuries.

  • From the US Library of Congress online collection

  • University of Missouri Archives

Weston High School 1856