How many people in Northwest Missouri realize they live less than 100 miles from the Garden of...
Mormons: Another’s View of Adam-Ondi-Ahman
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Pioneers & Mormons
Mormons: Election Brawl at Gallatin Turns History
Etched clearly in early Daviess County history is the name of John Lowe Butler in connection with...
Pioneers: McCully’s Mill Operated on Grindstone Creek
There was an early settlement south of Grand River, near Grindstone Creek, in the summer of 1838....
Mormons: No Scars Apparent Today After Mormon War
The Grand River area of Northwest Missouri is among those regions tagged with the homogenous...
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...
Pioneers: “Trail of Death” Potawatomi Indian Relocation
Armed conflict between Mormons and Missourians was not the only tragedies recorded in the frontier...
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...
Mormons: Millstone Once Marked Haun’s Mill Location
On Oct. 30, 1838, more than 200 members of the Livingston County Militia rode into Haun's Mill, a...
Mormons: John Doyle Lee an Active Pioneer in Daviess County, MO
The following account offers insight about the beginnings of Daviess County and, in particular,...
Pioneers: Daviess County’s First Grand River Ferry
Daviess County government was first founded in the spring of 1837, but some settlers had been here...
Mormons: 60-acre Log House Site Near Far West, MO
Archaeological investigation conducted in 1996 focuses on Far West in Caldwell County, MO,...
Pioneers: ‘List of Firsts’ as Daviess County Organized 1836
Daviess County, MO, organized on Nov. 29, 1836, when a legislative bill introduced by Rep....
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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