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The test of time has validated continued use of the Daviess County Courthouse in Gallatin, MO.

This staircase above the east entrance to the Daviess County Courthouse leads from administrative offices on the second floor to courtroom and offices on the third floor. (date unknown)

This is the south entrance inside the Daviess County Courthouse, with staircase leading to offices upstairs. (date unknown)

A.B. Evans (grandfather of J.B. Place), served as Daviess County Clerk in 1906. He was also a teacher at the Kidder Institute. (courtesy J.B. and Bonnie Place, Gallatin)

During the 1970s Dixie Murray Chapman bought a desk at an auction and found a number of documents in the desk drawers, mostly checks signed by Daviess County Treasurer Lee R. Pierce.

During the 1970s Dixie Murray Chapman bought a desk at an auction and found a number of documents in the desk drawers, mostly checks signed by Daviess County Treasurer Lee R. Pierce.

During the 1970s Dixie Murray Chapman bought a desk at an auction and found a number of documents in the desk drawers, mostly checks signed by Daviess County Treasurer Lee R. Pierce.

This composite photograph of “Courthouse Notables” was displayed for many years in the Daviess County Courthouse in Gallatin, MO. Shown are: Paul E. Gillihan, Amos Poe, Frank Wickham, Owen H. MGee, Thomas Hemry, George Tuggle, Robert G. Sheets, Peter J. Clevenger, Sol. D. Stephens, Milt Ewing, William T. Kemper, John W. Meade, A.T. Ray, William E. Wampler, Olwood D. Mann, Frank E. Clingan, Thomas J. Osborn, E.M. Brown, Benkin Miller, Moses G. Netherton, Henry F. Scureme, R.J. Barnett, Ebenezer West, Nathaniel Cougan, Josh Enyert, James G. Tuggle, Gymus J. Crain, Elwood M. Mann. (date unknown)

These are the elected officials holding office to serve Daviess County in 1965. Standing before an entry into the courthouse, front row from left, are… ?