Civil War: Local Cavalry Soldiers at Battle of Westport 1864
In October 1864, the Daviess County men of the First Cavalry Regiment of the Missouri State Militia (MSM) battled General Price’s Army at the action that became known as the Battle of Westport. The most desperate part of the First’s participation was on...
Civil War: Union Company Roll Call, Operations 1864
In January 1864, the regiment were badly scattered, doing guard duty. The headquarters of the regiment were at Warrensburg, where two companies, L and M, were stationed. Company A was at Waverly, B at Calhoun, C at Chapel Hill, D at Kingsville, E at Germantown, F at...
Civil War: Daviess County Infantry at Battle of Glasgow 1864
About a week before the big cavalry battle at Westport, Daviess County men faced Confederate artillery at Glasgow and were forced to surrender. In September, 1864, a company of Union infantry was formed in Daviess County under the command of Capt. William F. Flint....
Civil War: Deadly Skirmish at Cravensville in Daviess County, MO 1862
Eight men dead and fifteen wounded in 1862 skirmish at Cravensville (today’s Jameson, MO). On Monday morning Aug. 5, 1862, there was Civil War activity in Daviess County that resulted in a clash at Cravensville that evening. The meeting of Union and Confederate...
Civil War: Daviess County Men of the Missouri Brigade CSA
During the Civil War about 150 Daviess County men were in the Confederate service. Of those at least 90 were in the Missouri Brigade CSA. Most of these Daviess County men responded to the call of Governor Jackson in June 1861 and became part of the Missouri State...
Civil War: Political Position of the Gallatin North Missourian
The following Prospectus is reprinted from the Sept. 15, 1864, edition of the Gallatin North Missourian. Original copies of this first edition no longer exist; this Prospectus was reprinted in the July 22, 1971, edition which marked the 100th anniversary of the...
Three Cemeteries Merge Into Potter’s Field at Gallatin, MO
Whenever a deceased person who didn’t have a family to take care of them, burial was furnished by the county and the body was buried in the Pauper Cemetery. The Pauper Cemetery at Gallatin, MO, or Potter’s Field, is located approximately 1/4 mile south...
Civil War: ‘Slave Mansion’ Just Outside Kidder, MO?
The “Slave Mansion” which once operated as a farm just outside of Kidder, MO. Teresa Eaton not only grew up nearby but her family has primary information revealing details and insights which have evolved into local lore. Teresa says the man who built the...
Civil War: Hannibal & St. Joseph Railroad Map 1846-1883
The Hannibal & St. Joseph Railroad operated from 1846-1883, the first railroad to cross Missouri. It is said to have carried the first letter to the Pony Express on April 3, 1860. The line connected the second and third largest cities in Missouri prior to the...
1860 Map: Cravensville of Daviess County, MO
In 1860 the Missouri State Gazetteer reported that Cavensville in Daviess County, MO, was first settled by Mormons. The post office was established in the winter of 1840. There was one stage line to Bethany, via Pattonsburg. The town contained one district school,...
Mormons: Samuel Cox’s Astonishing 1200-mile Ride Back From Utah Territory
Years after the Mormon War forced Latter-day Saints from Missouri, troubles followed the Mormons as they settled in Utah Territory. The U.S. Army played a role in keeping track of Mormon activities as the Civil War was about to split the country apart. Samuel Cox of...
Johnny Ringo, Other Outlaws Once Lived in Daviess County, MO
Records show family ties from outlaws Johnny Ringo, James Dalton, the Youngers, and Frank and Jesse James were to families residing here in Daviess County, MO. The first census of Gallatin counted Philip Richard Wirt as a young single man in town, when the total...
More About Gunfighter Johnny Ringo’s Life in Daviess County, MO
Some of the Old West’s most famous desperadoes have Gallatin, MO, in their past, most notably Frank and Jesse James and the lesser infamous but desperate Reno brothers. Now add another name to the list: Johnny Ringo. Research by David Johnson of Zionsville, IN...
1857: Incorporation of the City of Gallatin, MO
The January 11, 1900, issue of The North Missourian, a newspaper edited by C.M. Harrison, published a front page story offering this brief sketch of the founding and early days of Gallatin, MO Gallatin Now 62 Years Old The eighth day of January is a historic date in...
Mormons: “Massacre at Mountain Meadows” in 1857
John D. Lee, once a pioneer living in Daviess County, MO, was convicted for leading Mormon militia in the murderous “Massacre at Mountain Meadows” where at least 120 people from Arkansas en route to California were killed Sept. 7-11, 1857, in the Utah...
1856: Covered Bridges in Daviess County
Soon after the Stallings-Shriver Bridge washed away in 1852, the Daviess County Court started planning a new bridge over the Grand River northeast of Gallatin. The planning started in June, 1853, with the appointment of John B. Comer as commissioner to plan for the...
1856: Pioneers: First River Bridge the Scene of Brutal Killing
Jacob Stallings got into the ferry business in 1848 at the old Orr Ford on Grand River (SE 1/4, Sec. 6, T58N-R26W). This site was a crossroads for travelers from Richmond, Bethany, Trenton, Gallatin and Greasy as well as connections from the Utica road over the Grand...
Pioneers: Scott Family Among Early Settlers in Daviess County
Martin Scott was born March 14, 1807, in Jackson County, Tenn., the son of John Scott, a Revolutionary War soldier (there is confusion over his mother’s information). When he was a child, Martin’s parents moved to Indiana, where he was reared on a farm and received...
Pioneers: Windmills Considered Skyscrapers of Rural America
A hundred years ago an $80 investment in a windmill meant power to operate a water pump. It was a welcome relief for a farmer who otherwise faced this daily manual chore — and free for as long as the wind kept blowing. British archeologists have found remains 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,
Trudi Burton, ph: 660.663.7342
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