County judges in the early days of Daviess County spent much time ordering and approving roads in...
Pioneers: Converting Trails into Daviess County Roads
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Pioneers & Mormons
Pioneers: Before Gallatin, There Was Coon Grove in Monroe Township
In a part of Daviess County that became Monroe Township was a place called Coon Grove. It was one...
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 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...
Pioneers: Daviess County’s First Election Was at Millport, MO
John Splawn's house was used in the first county election, according to the writings of Rep. David...
Mormons: Documenting the Mormon Troubles in Missouri
Missouri Historical Review July, 1910 Vol. IV. No. 4; pages 238-250 by Heman C. Smith The Latter...
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...
1831-39 Map: Significant Mormon Sites in NW Missouri
Historic Mormon sites in Northwest Missouri are mapped for visitors as follows.
Pioneers: Harris Log Cabin Among the Oldest in NW Missouri
The oldest standing log cabin in Northwest Missouri is the Harris Family Log Cabin, reconstructed...
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: Old Bloomington Trail Links North Missouri
Sandy Sappington has researched the Old Bloomington Trail which once ran across North Missouri....
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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