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1934: CCC Camp Organize, Operate at Gallatin, MO

1934: CCC Camp Organize, Operate at Gallatin, MO

Gone But Not Forgotten, The Great Depression

The government established Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) camps to do such things as erosion control. Dockery Park was chosen to house the 250 workers in the Gallatin, MO, area. To get ready for the workers, a ‘mess house’ was erected, bath houses were...
1933: Bootleg Liquor Until the 21st Amendment

1933: Bootleg Liquor Until the 21st Amendment

Gone But Not Forgotten, The Great Depression

Daviess County was plagued with bootleggers in the early 20th Century. One example of bootlegging was found in 1924 when a liquor raid uncovered a bootlegger site containing four stills, 21 barrels of mash, 30 5-gallon jugs, 100 1-gallon jugs, and seven gallons 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

Search digital posts from 1999 to 2021:
GallatinNorthMissourian.com

Read the last special edition published by the Gallatin North Missourian in 2021:
Daviess County History Guide

Recent Posts

  • Everly Cemetery: Oldest Gravestone of Grand River Twp. (1835) March 7, 2023
  • Yesteryear Photographs of Jameson, MO March 7, 2023
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