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Pioneers: “Trail of Death” Potawatomi Indian Relocation

Pioneers: “Trail of Death” Potawatomi Indian Relocation

Pioneers & Mormons

Armed conflict between Mormons and Missourians was not the only tragedies recorded in the frontier region of Northwest Missouri during 1838. Today a plaque dedicated on the original campsite in Richmond, MO, is a reminder of the “Trail of Death” march from...
Pioneers: Osage, Missouri Tribes Once Blanketed the State

Pioneers: Osage, Missouri Tribes Once Blanketed the State

Pioneers & Mormons

Missouri, Mississippi, Meramec, Osage, Kahoka, Kenoma and Kewanee. The strange-sounding names on highway signs are reminders of the American Indians who once called Missouri home. Few Indians are left in the state. The names and some villages that still can be toured...

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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