Platte County Deputy Sheriff Pat Clark displays one of Platte County’s illegal substances. Growing wild around the county are the remnants of a once prosperous cash crop, hemp, known as marijuana. Deputies regularly cut down the plants whose dried leaves and flowers are smoked, especially in the form of cigarettes, for euphoric effects.
With this issue, The Landmark begins its 130th year of continuous publication. The newspaper, oldest in Platte County, older than the Kansas City Star and one of the oldest in the state, has been publishing without interruption since 1865. It was founded back in the closing days of the Civil War, espousing the cause of the Confederacy.
The paper was purchased from longtime owner, Lucile L. Jones, in 1979 by Dwayne Foley of Wathena, Kan., who died unexpectedly in1980. The paper continues to be owned and operated by the Foley family, which also owns two other newspapers.
Ann Christine Lohman of Gladstone, daughter of Dr. and Mrs. Gary Cooper and the late David P Lohman, and Brent Patrick Hardin Stepp, son of Mr. and Mrs. Phillip Stepp of Kansas City in Platte County, were united in marriage on May 21, 1994 at Holy Cross Lutheran Church. After a honeymoon trip to Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, the couple will be at home in Oxford, Ohio, where both are attending school.
