The man who refused orders to shoot Mormon leaders during Missouri's "Mormon War" figures...
Mormon War: Doniphan Defies Orders to Shoot Mormons
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Military & Wars
Mormon War: Conflict Disrupts Hardin Mill on Honey Creek
Remains of one of Daviess County's early grain mills is still evident today (May, 2005) to those...
Mormon War: Dark Chapter in Missouri History 1838
Few Missourians can relate details of what is commonly called the "Mormon War." Historians mark it...
Mormon War: ‘Thicket Fort’ of 1838 Avoids Oblivion
The stone remains of a Mormon "thicket fort" marking their 1838 confrontation against Missouri...
Mormon War: Estimated Costs Escalate to Over $1 Million
The "Bible Belt" is no homogenous label for the Grand River region in Northwest Missouri....
Mormon War: Latter-day Saints Driven Away from Missouri
The Mormon sites of Adam-ondi-Ahman, Far West, and Haun's Mill marks some of the darkest chapters...
Mormon War: Fort Erected in 1838 at Awbrey Grove
In 1838 a grove south of the Gilman Prairie filled with early settlers and armed men. The...
Mormon War: Judge Adam Black Unable to Keep the Peace
Judge Adam Black is noted in Daviess County history as the justice of the peace during the period...
Mormon War: Men that Mustered Out Against the Mormons
The following lists local men thought to have mustered in response to the Governor's call...
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...
Pioneer Conflicts: Black Hawk War in Daviess County, MO
The following is an historical account of the Black Hawk War and what is called the "Heatherly...
Pioneer Conflicts: Daviess County’s Namesake a Hero at Tippecanoe Battle
This is a brief account of the life of Col. Joseph Hamilton Daviess of Kentucky, summarized from...
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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