Pioneer Doctor: John Cravens of Daviess County, MO
John Cravens, M.D., (1797-1876) was one of the most highly esteemed pioneers of Daviess County. The county’s Confederate States of America veterans’ post selected Cravens for its chapter namesake. John Cravens, son of Dr. Joseph and Mary Cravens, was born...
Fatherless Schoomer Brothers Lived Their Lives in Crime
There are other stories of gunplay and crime among brothers not much different from the James boys, other than notoriety and scope. This tale of the Schoomer family, which unfolds during those wide open days after the Civil War, reveals details about the fatal...
1873: First Baptist Church of Gallatin, MO
In 1873 the First Baptist Church in Gallatin, MO, was located one block north of the northwest corner of the Gallatin business square facing North Market Street.
Kidder Institute’s ‘Professor’ who made it a reality
History may be written down in black-and-white facts by scholarly types, but when remembered by the neighbor kids and great-grandchildren, it’s a lot more colorful and a lot more fun. The history of Kidder and the Kidder Institute has now been filtered through...
1872 Map: Railroads Lines Throughout North Missouri
In 1872 railroads were the prevailing means delivering progress across North Missouri as well as the entire nation. This map shows the arteries of commerce for our...
Lesser Known Jesse James Gunfight at Civil Bend, MO
The 1869 bank robbery at Gallatin, the 1881 train robbery at Winston, and the 1883 trial of Frank James in Gallatin aren’t the only incidents involving the James Gang in Daviess County, MO. In 1871 a posse chased the outlaws following a bank robbery at Corydon,...
Lick Fork Baptist Church Established in 1979
This very plain vernacular building was erected in 1871 to house the Lick Fork Baptist Church congregation.
Railroads: Wabash Links Pattonsburg, Jameson, Gallatin, Lock Springs
In June 1871, the St. Louis, Chillicothe, & Omaha Railroad (later known as the Wabash and still later the Norfolk & Western) completed a new rail line as far west as the town site which was to become Jameson, MO....
1871: The Notorious Flint Brothers …a Sheriff Turned Outlaw?
The reputation of onetime Daviess County Sheriff William F. Flint was tarnished by an unexplained theft of over $16,000 — plus $2,000 in tax money for the county’s School Fund — in 1871. Were the Flint brothers victims of circumstance or unconvicted...
More About the Corydon (IA) Bank Robbery by the James Gang
A minor gunfight at Civil Bend in Daviess County, MO, occurred after desperadoes robbed the new Ocobock Brothers’ Bank in Corydon, Iowa. The following is based on an article published in the Minneapolis (MN) Star-Tribune on Sept. 1, 1991, written by James...
1871: Rock Island Train Depot Built at Winston, MO
In 1871 a new railroad station was built by the Southwestern Branch of the Chicago Rock Island & Pacific Railroad on a high point in Daviess County, halfway between Gallatin and Cameron. At this point a community began to take shape around the depot. At first the...
Church Buildings in the Community of Pattonsburg, MO
Yesteryear photographs of church buildings in Pattonsburg, MO.
Railroads: Rock Island Links Jamesport, Gallatin, Altamont, Winston, MO
The Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific (CRI&P) Railroad, commonly called the Rock Island, bisected Daviess County from northeast to southwest. It linked Jamesport to Gallatin to Altamont to Winston within the county....
Church Buildings in Jamesport, MO, and That Area
Church buildings in Jamesport, MO, and surrounding area:
Henry Clay McDougal: Personal Showdown with Jesse James 1870
Frontier lawyer Henry Clay McDougal took on the fearsome outlaw in court — and never backed down, The following, written by Jim Muehlberger, is entitled “Showdown with Jesse James.” Among the most dangerous and feared bad men on the Western...
Jesse James Writes a Denial Concerning Gallatin Bank Robbery
This is an example of the letters Jesse James submitted to newspapers for publication, seeking public support by claims of being falsely accused of various charges made by law authorities. This letter is recorded in the 1882 History of Daviess County (pp. 316-17),...
An ‘Eye-Witness’ Version of 1869 Bank Robbery at Gallatin, MO
NOTE: This is a reprint of an account from the St. Louis Globe-Democrat based on memories of an elderly man about the 1869 robbery of the Daviess County Savings Association; this account is not independently verified for accuracy. The man was 89 years old when...
1869: Bank Robbery, Murder in the Streets of Gallatin, MO
What kind of day was it… that day, December 7, 1869, when two men (later determined to be Frank and Jesse James) rode into Gallatin, robbed the Daviess Country Savings Association, and shot and killed the casher, Capt. John W. Sheets? It was, according to an...
Daniel Smoote Sues Jesse James for His Horse …and Lives
Mistaken identity led to murder during the December 7, 1869, robbery of the Daviess County Savings Association. When Jesse James dropped cashier Capt. John Sheets with a bullet, mistaking Sheets for Gallatin’s Samuel P. Cox, James thought he had avenged the death of...
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,
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