The first settlers of Virginia Ridge in Daviess County came to stay. This was during the time...
Pioneers: Government Land Sold at Virginia Ridge 1842
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Pioneers & Mormons
The Founding and Yesteryear Photos of Winston, MO
Colfax Township in Daviess County, MO, was settled in 1836 by the Mormons. Little is known about...
Pioneers: The Long Lost Grist Mills of Daviess County
Much of the time spent by early county court judges was in ordering and approving early roads....
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...
Mormon War: Daviess Countians Muster Briefly in 1838
Captain John Comers led the Missouri Mounted Militia, 3rd Division Daviess County, which mustered...
Mormon War: Doniphan Defies Orders to Shoot Mormons
The man who refused orders to shoot Mormon leaders during Missouri's "Mormon War" figures...
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...
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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