In November 1866, the Gallatin School District met to discuss the educational opportunities for...
Schools: Gallatin’s Wilberforce School for African-Americans 1866
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Gone But Not Forgotten
Church Buildings in the Community of Jameson, MO
The original Methodist Church in Jameson was organized in 1866 and was known as the White Oak...
1865: Alta Vista Post Office Marks this Community
Alta Vista is an unincorporated community which lies at the border between Daviess and DeKalb...
1864: County Farm Precedes Nursing Homes
The first move to secure a permanent home for the care of the destitute of the county was made in...
Civil War: Political Position of the Gallatin North Missourian
The following Prospectus is reprinted from the Sept. 15, 1864, edition of the Gallatin North...
Three Cemeteries Merge Into Potter’s Field at Gallatin, MO
Whenever a deceased person who didn't have a family to take care of them, burial was furnished by...
Civil War: ‘Slave Mansion’ Just Outside Kidder, MO?
The "Slave Mansion" which once operated as a farm just outside of Kidder, MO. Teresa Eaton not...
Civil War: Hannibal & St. Joseph Railroad Map 1846-1883
The Hannibal & St. Joseph Railroad operated from 1846-1883, the first railroad to cross...
1860 Map: Cravensville of Daviess County, MO
In 1860 the Missouri State Gazetteer reported that Cavensville in Daviess County, MO, was first...
1857: Incorporation of the City of Gallatin, MO
The January 11, 1900, issue of The North Missourian, a newspaper edited by C.M. Harrison,...
1856: Covered Bridges in Daviess County
Soon after the Stallings-Shriver Bridge washed away in 1852, the Daviess County Court started...
1856: Pioneers: First River Bridge the Scene of Brutal Killing
Jacob Stallings got into the ferry business in 1848 at the old Orr Ford on Grand River (SE 1/4,...
Visit the 1889 Squirrel Cage Jail, located 2 blocks west of the Daviess County Courthouse in Gallatin, MO. This historic relic is listed on the National Register of Historic Places and serves as a visitors’ center — by appointment,
Trudi Burton, ph: 660.663.7342
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