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The Red Crown Tavern and Red Crown Tourist Court in Platte County, Missouri was the site of the July 20, 1933 gun battle between lawmen and outlaws Bonnie and Clyde and three members of their The outlaws made their escape, and were tracked down and cornered four days later near Dexter, Iowa and engaged by another posse.
Holt Coffey (August 2, 1891 – January 9, 1964) [1] was the sheriff of Platte County, Missouri from 1933 until 1937 and again from 1941 until 1945. Coffey, along with newly elected Platte City Prosecutor David Clevenger, was responsible for cleaning up much of the small-time crime around Platte County, a suburb of freewheeling Kansas City, Missouri.
Platte County is a county located in the northwestern portion of the U.S. state of Missouri and is part of the Kansas City metropolitan area. As of the 2020 census, the population was 106,718. Its county seat is Platte City. [1] The county was organized December 31, 1838, [2] from the Platte Purchase, [3] named for the Platte River.
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In July 1933, the gang checked in to the Red Crown Tourist Court [62] south of Platte City, Missouri. It consisted of two brick cabins joined by garages, and the gang rented both. [62] To the south stood the Red Crown Tavern, a popular restaurant among Missouri Highway Patrolmen, and the gang seemed to go out of their way to draw attention. [63]
Platte County commissioners are weighing a proposal that would triple the size of the Platte County Detention Center. The detention center’s last major expansion, in 1998, added 150 beds.
Platte County Sheriff Mark Owen, who is not running for reelection, said the jail is over capacity. On Monday, 202 people were detained at the facility, which was built in 1998. The jail’s ...
Zona Rosa is an approximately 1,000,000 square feet (93,000 m 2), mixed-use lifestyle center located in Kansas City, Platte County, Missouri. [1] The project opened in 2004 and was expanded by an additional 500,000 square feet (46,000 m 2) starting in 2008, including the addition of Dillard's, which moved from Metro North Mall.