Weston was at one time the second largest port on the Missouri river, surpassing both Kansas City and St. Joseph; however, a flood in 1881 shifted the river into an old channel some 2 miles away.
Weston was at one time the second largest port on the Missouri river, surpassing both Kansas City and St. Joseph and one point shortly after its founding it claimed to the second largest city in Missouri. A flood in 1881 shifted the river into an old channel some 2 miles away.