...efore. Jan. 1, 1834......Nov. 2, 1833 Congress adds the Platte purchase, a triangle north of the Missouri River, west of the western boundary of the State, and south of the northern boundary to Missouri , thus making it slave territory......June 7, 1836 Depredations and murders in Carroll county traced to a band of desperadoes composed principally of a family named Hetherly, old Mrs. Hetherly bei...