PLATTE COUNTRY
\plˈat kˈʌntɹi], \plˈat kˈʌntɹi], \p_l_ˈa_t k_ˈʌ_n_t_ɹ_i]\
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The name, previous to 1854, given to that territory stretching west from Missouri to the Rocky Mountains, and which now comprises the States of Kansas and Nebraska. A bill was introduced into Congress in 1854 by Douglas, of Illinois, for the organization of the territory, the slavery question to be determined by the inhabitants, in direct violation of the Missouri Compromise. (See Kansas-Nebraska Bill.)
By John Franklin Jameson
