This is a list of genealogy resources that you might find useful. Many old books are now available for free online in PDF format, often searchable PDF format. The automatic optical character recognition is not perfect, but very helpful nonetheless.
- The Brenner Family 1843 – 1900 by Carol Chamberlin Brenner, self-published in 1990.
http://nichollsfamily.us/resources/The%20Brenner%20Family%201843-1990.pdf - Ridge Recipes published by the Evening Circle of St. Matthew’s Evangelical and Reformed Church, Riverside, Missouri, in 1954. The first link is the entire original booklet. The second link is a version with the advertisement pages removed.
http://nichollsfamily.us/resources/ridgerecipes.pdf
http://nichollsfamily.us/resources/ridgerecipes-noads.pdf - Annals of Platte County, Missouri: From Its Exploration Down to June 1, 1897; with Genealogies of Its Noted Families, and Sketches of Its Pioneers and Distinguished People .by William McClung Paxton, Hudson-Kimberly Publishing Company, 1897.
This book is now available online in searchable PDF format:
https://ia800700.us.archive.org/6/items/annalsofplatteco00paxt/annalsofplatteco00paxt.pdf - Report on a Journey to the Western States of North America and a Stay of Several Years Along the Missouri by Gottfried Duden, originally published in 1829. This book is now available in English, published December 12th 1980 by University of Missouri.
- You may want to follow the facebook groups Platte County Missouri Back in the Day and Riverside, Mo History.