2016: Gilman City, Like Small Towns Everywhere, Struggling
In 2016 Gilman City, like most small towns around, is struggling. Its only restaurant recently closed. It has about eight businesses running these days: a lumber yard, a bank, a medical clinic, a service station, a grain elevator, a school, and the barber shop. It has...
2015: Map of Daviess County, MO
2015 Map of Daviess County, MO
Sports: Lacey Dixon Pitches to NJCAA 2nd Team All-American
Gallatin R-5 grad Lacey Dixon (Class of 1981), coming off a banner season at Johnson County Community College, has earned a three-year, full-ride scholarship to continue her softball career at the University of Central Missouri in Warrensburg. Dixon, a member of the...
Seventh-day Adventist Church Dedicated 1973
A new 30×70 brick church building was dedicated during a special service held Dec. 15, 1973, for members of the Seventh-day Adventist Church in Gallatin, MO. Guest speaker was A.V. McClure, president of the Missouri Conference. The new church has a seating...
Sports: Kenneth Lee of Winston a National Trap Shooting Champion
Kenneth Lee of Winston, MO, was the national champion collegiate shooter with a score 199 out of 200 at the Grand American World Trap Shooting Championships in Sparta, Ill., on Aug. 8-9, 2009. Five out of the 12 local team members of Venture Crew shot their best ever...
Sports: Gallatin’s Casey Alden Qualifies for National Rodeo Finals
Casey Alden, a ninth-grade student at Gallatin High School has earned a position on the Missouri state high school rodeo team and will be traveling with fellow teammates to Springfield, Ill., from July 22-28, 2007, to compete at the 59th Annual National High School...
2007: Lawsuit for $233 Horse Against Jesse James Rediscovered
Authentic historical legal papers — the only civil lawsuit ever filed against Frank & Jesse James — were rediscovered on Aug. 17, 2007, by James Meuhlberger, an attorney from Kansas City while researching law firm originating partner Henry Clay McDougal. The...
Yesteryear: Why Do We Love Old Barns?
Why do we love old barns? It’s hard to say. They stand stubbornly anchored to the earth, roofs sagging, timber falling, paint peeling. Maybe they remind of us our rural roots… maybe we are nostalgic for a way of life that is steadily slipping away. And there are...
Sports: Sara Lin a National ‘Hoop Shoot’ Finalist at Free Throws
Having already tasted glory in local, district and state competitions, Sara Lin captured another first-place finish last in March, 2006, when she wowed the crowds at the Elks “Hoop Shoot” Northwest Regional Championship. Sara, daughter of Coach Rick and...
Floods of 1993: Grand River Stages
The following are the official river stages as rainfall deluged Northwest Missouri during July, 1993: Date — Time — River Stage — Rainfall July 1 – 7:00 — 25.0′ — 3.4″ July 1 – 12:00 — 26.9′ July 1...
The Floods of 1993
A summary of the Floods of ’93, written soon after waters receded from the July 6-7-8 deluge, estimates the flood damage in Daviess County at $7.3 million. This was only an initial estimate. Ramifications of what this natural disaster means to Daviess County may...45-star Flag Displayed Inside Daviess County Courthouse
On display Inside the Daviess County Courthouse on the staircase wall is a 45-star flag of the United States. This flag became official in July, 1896, when Utah was admitted as the 45th state of the Union (January 4, 1896). The flag flew for 12 years until July 4,...
Wallace State Park at Cameron, MO
In 1932, the State of Missouri purchased 120 acres of virgin timber land located approximately five miles southeast of Cameron. This land was to be used to build a state park which would be named Wallace State Park. The land was owned by the George O. Wallace estate...
Political Rising Star: Jerry Litton of Lock Springs, MO
Jerry Litton (1937-1976), along with his wife and two children, died in a plane crash on Primary Election night, Aug. 3, 1976, at Chillicothe Municipal Airport. Also killed in the crash were Paul Rupp, Jr., and his son, Paul Rupp III. The tragedy affected many people...
Daviess County Local Historian: David Stark
Many of the stories researched and shared on this web site originated with the writings of David Stark of Gallatin. Here’s a brief sketch of a Daviess Countian you should know. David Stark was born in Daviess County in 1935 and is of the sixth generation of the...
A Daviess County Centenarian: Bertie Brown
To reach the age of 80 these days is not unusual. However, to reach that mark in a lifetime and still be healthy and active in civic organizations is quite a blessing. This is so with Mrs. Bertie Brown of Civil Bend, well-know telephone operator for Civil Bend...
Historical Tapestry for Gentry-Worth Counties
You may be surprised to learn that Grant City, the county seat of the smallest county in Missouri — Worth County, is the boyhood home of famous bandleader Glenn Miller. But then, there are many surprises when you visit the Gentry-Worth county area. Glenn Miller...
Squirrel Cage: This Jail Was No Place to Do Time
Just a few blocks from the courthouse in Gallatin, MO, sets a building known as the Daviess County Rotary Jail, an 8-sided brick structure attached to a 2-story house. Years ago wards of Daviess County stared through the barred windows or passed the time of day with...
Amish Lifestyle — A Throwback to Yesteryear
A cultural exchange awaits you each time you visit Jamesport, MO. This is the home of the largest Amish community in Missouri. They prefer little fanfare, but the signs are everywhere… from state highway traffic warnings about horse drawn vehicles to the...
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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