During the summer of 1979, Brigham Young University conducted excavations at the Mormon historical...
1839: Cravensville Competes to Become the County Seat
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Gone But Not Forgotten
Pioneers: Daviess County’s ‘Temporary’ Courthouse of 1839
In March 1838, the county judges of Daviess County ordered the building of a new jail ($400) and a...
1838: Creekmore Home Precedes the Daviess County Courthouse
Daviess County's first court house was a private residence -- the home of Elisha B. Creekmore....
Pioneers: ‘List of Firsts’ as Daviess County Organized 1836
Daviess County, MO, organized on Nov. 29, 1836, when a legislative bill introduced by Rep....
Pioneers: Creekmore Boarding House the First Business 1833
Elisha B. Creekmore settled within what is the present-day city limits of Jamesport, MO, sometime...
1833: Grand River Baptist Church Established
The Grand River Baptist Church, once located on a two acre plot one and one-half miles northeast...
1833 Map: Daviess County’s First Settlement at Millport
Millport in Daviess County, MO 1831
Pioneer Conflicts: ‘Fort Gallatin’ Defends Against the Indians
Daviess Countians today don't often think of this area as being among the Old West areas...
1831-39 Map: Significant Mormon Sites in NW Missouri
Historic Mormon sites in Northwest Missouri are mapped for visitors as follows.
Pioneers: Early Settlers in What Became Daviess County, MO
The territory now embraced in Daviess County was at the formation of the State of Missouri,...
Pioneers: Early Transportation Rules of the Road
Times change and roads change. By the mid-1800s, the time for nothing but winding paths was over....
Pioneers: First Settlers Found a Hunter’s Delight in Daviess County
The following reveals life as known to settlers who first entered into this region, before Daviess...
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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