Learn About Our History
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: director@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.
Additional Resources
Finding aids to the papers of Bertha Bless
Directory of Platte County newspapers
Articles about Weston from the Missouri Historical Review (the publication of the State Historical Society)
Illustrated Historical Atlas of Platte County, 1877
Digitized newspaper collections such as the Weston Border Times
The State Historical Society of Missouri,
National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form- Congressional District #6-W. R. Hull, Jr.
Sanborn Maps
Sanborn Maps are fire insurance maps used in the 19th and early 20th centuries.
Weston History Essays
For a number of years, beginning in 2012, the Weston Historical Museum sponsored an essay contest, inviting residents to submit essays on various aspects of Weston history. Shown here are a selected number of those essays. The views and evidence are those provided by the authors and do not necessarily reflect those of the Weston Historical Museum.
- 2012 Junior-Senior High Division, First Place (Amanda Swift).pdf
- 2012 Junior-Senior High Division, Second Place (Mikayla Shaffer).pdf
- 2012 Open Division, First Place (Fred Chiaventone).pdf
- 2012 Open Division, Second Place (Frances Roach).pdf
- 2012 Elementary Division, First Place (Grace Cogan).pdf
- 2013 Junior-Senior High Division, First Place (Jessica Wyatt).pdf
- 2013 Junior-Senior High Division, Second Place (Kaleb Baber).pdf
- 2013 Junior-Senior High Division, Third Place (Nathan Wilson).pdf
- 2013 Open Division, First Place (Janice Ring).pdf
- 2013 Open Division, Second Place (Zofia Farley).pdf
- 2013 Open Division, Third Place (Kathy Miller).pdf
- 2013 Elementary Division, First Place (Grace Cogan).pdf
- 2014 Senior High Division, First Place (Rachel Heili).pdf
- 2014 Senior High Division, Second Place (Emily Norman).pdf
- 2014 Senior High Division, Third Place (Alexa Raney).pdf
- 2014 Open Division, First Place (Kathy Miller).pdf
- 2014 Open Division, Second Place (Barbara Gatschet).pdf
- 2014 Junior Division, First Place (Grace Cogan).pdf