Landmark Mfg. Puts Gallatin, MO, on the Economic Map
Steve Perry has worked at Landmark through the fire of 1992 and the flood of 1993, through prosperity and struggle, since starting to work in August of 1983. “There have been some really good years and none that have been really bad,” he said. “At...
2016: Gallatin Hardwood Closed Doors for Business
After two years of operations, Gallatin Hardwood has closed the sawmill at the plant located on Oval Avenue northwest of Gallatin. The company employed 12 people and now will employ only one. Gallatin Hardwood opened a sawmill and export log facility in January of...
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...
Farmers Exchange Bank, to Bank of Gallatin, to BTC Bank
A longtime landmark anchoring the northeast corner of Gallatin’s business square was this stately 2-story brick building. It once was home to Farmers Exchange Bank. This slideshow requires JavaScript....
2001: Fire Destroys Gallatin’s Nationally Acclaimed McDonald Tea Room
Southern sympathies left their mark in the border state town of Gallatin, MO. History reveals Southern sympathies did much in the way of acquitting outlaw Frank James in the famous train robbery and murder trial held in Gallatin in 1883. About three-fourths of a...
2000: Amish Auction Draws Crowds Well Over 1,000
Amish farmer Melvin Graber moved to the Jamesport area from northwest Ohio 35 years ago and found an abandoned horse-drawn manure spreader. He gathered up about 350 other pieces of old farm equipment and sold them at an auction. He thought he would do that only once....
1993: Breadeaux Pisa a Popular Restaurant in Gallatin
Pettijohn Auto Succeeds the Blackburn Dealership
Pettijohn Auto, with main offices in Bethany, purchased the former Blackburn Motors dealership to sell Pontiacs, Buick and GMC trucks at Gallatin. This building is located at 306 West Grand Street, and later became the home of the Daviess County Library. (date...
Frost Automotive on the South Side of Gallatin Square
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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