Pattonsburg’s Gordon Nance as ‘Wild Bill Elliott’
Gordon A. Nance was born Oct. 16, 1904, on a farm near Pattonsburg, MO. In 1946, he was rated as the No. 2 Western movie star in America, topped only by Roy Rogers. Gordon was the son of Leroy Nance and Maude Auldridge Nance. He loved horses and was proficient at...
Gallatin’s Buzz Barton Goes to Hollywood for Silent Screen Stardom
William Andrew Lamoreaux, born in Gallatin, MO, on Sept. 3, 1913, became known as “The Boy Wonder of Westerns” after his family moved to California. At one time he was probably the most successful and well-known of the young, silent screen cowpokes...
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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