Sesquicentennial Time Capsule - Plattsburg, MO
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N 39° 33.979 W 094° 26.798
15S E 375735 N 4380624
Sesquicentennial time capsule to be opened on the bicentennial celebration
Waymark Code: WMQP7B
Location: Missouri, United States
Date Posted: 03/12/2016
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member NW_history_buff
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County of marker: Clinton County
Location of marker: NE corner courthouse lane, Plattsburg

Marker text:

PLATTSBURG
SESQUICENTENNIAL
1833 ---- 1983
Capsule to be opened
2033

And this from the city's web, and they got it wrong. The time capsule was buried at the Sesquicentennial and to be opened on the Bicentennial.:
"In 1983 a "Time Capsule" was placed into the ground near the statue of David Rice Atchison at the Clinton County Courthouse. The time capsule is to be opened in the year 2033, at the time of Plattsburg's Sesquicentennial Celebration." ~ Plattsburg City

Subject: City

Commemoration: Bicentennial (to come)

Date of Founding: 1833

Date of Commemoration: 1983

Address:
207 N. Main St., Plattsburg, MO 64477


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Yes


Detail Photograph:

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