Farmers could now get government credit if they had necessary liquidating elements and security....
The Great Depression
Great Depression: Post Office Relocates to Bank of Gallatin Building
The local post office was to change locations in June 1932 when it would move to the Bank of...
Pattonsburg Lake Proposed as a Depression Relief Project
The Pattonsburg Lake was formed in the 1930s as part of the works program. Pattonsburg boosters...
Great Depression: Highway 13 First Built as Gravel Road
In November of 1932, it was reported there would be $2,000,000 allotted for road construction in...
Great Depression: Consolidation to 40 Counties Suggested
Due to increased expenses and less revenue during the Great Depression, some authorities were...
Great Depression: What Happened to Family Farms?
In the 1939s, many farmers had purchased land selling for $10 or $12 per acre. With the arrival of...
Great Depression: Water in Short Supply for People, Crops
In the time of little rainfall during the 1930s, Gallatin suffered a great water shortage which...
Great Depression: Program Provides Farm Seed Money
In 1932, under the law creating the Reconstruction Finance Corporation, the government had loaned...
Tobacco Almost Becomes a Stable Crop in Daviess County, MO
Tobacco was on the verge of becoming a stable crop in Northwest Missouri during the 1920s and...
Great Depression: Wheat Harvest Prices Plunge 1931
In mid-summer of 1931, Case & Company established a wheat buying and shipping concern at...
Great Depression: Federal Seed, Feed Loans for Farmers
In March, 1931, both feed and seed loans became available to help needy farmers in Clinton,...
Great Depression: Manual Labor for the Unemployed
Modern machines weren't always used to make things easier in the days of the Great Depression. In...