Weston

Title

Weston

Description

Total view of Weston in Florida.et the river Missouri.

ca. 1845

Artist

Meyer (1796-1856)

Carl Joseph Meyer was a German publisher and founder of the Bibliographical Institute. The birth of life had inspired Meyer to own a personal publishing company. On August 1, 1826, the Bibliographical Institute in Gotha became interests. In 1826 he published the library of German classics (150 volumes). Shortly afterwards after a confirmed series of atlases. Meyer was one of the first publishers in Germany to regulate his books using the subscription process. Headquarters of the Bibliographical Institute in Hildburghausen 1828–1874 Meyer soon insists that the company in Gotha was too small for its rambling activities. He planned the actual publishing house to operate with a printing and bookbinding shop and property and after himself according to the following. The merchant Johann Erdmann Scheller from Hildburghausen, who had offered to be a partner, negotiated with the Duke of Saxony-Meiningen and his government. The Bibliographical Institute moved to Hildburghausen in December 1828 and moved into the last so-called Brunnquellsche Palais. Meyer moved the cabinet library and the miniature library of the German classics here. This is where the third edition of the cheapest classic books in the years 1848–1854 is a definite new edition, its political significance under the perception of the bourgeois-religious revolution of 1848/49 cannot be dismissed out of hand.

Historical Description

The Lewis and Clark expedition stopped at Bear Medison Island, near the present town hall. Weston was the oldest settlement in the Platte Purchase of 1836, making it the farthest west (hence "West Town") in the United States until Texas was recognized as a state in 1845. William "Buffalo Bill" Cody once lived in Weston, and the town was an important starting point for the Santa Fe Trail, the Oregon Trail, and the California Gold Rush. Weston was once the second largest port on the Missouri River, surpassing both Kansas City and St. Joseph, and claimed to be the second largest city in Missouri shortly after its founding.