Military & Wars, People You Should Know
Richard R. Paul (GHS Class of 1962) retired from the USAF on June 1, 2000, as a Major General in command of Air Force Research Laboratory, Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio. He directed the Air Force’s $1.4 billion science and technology program which was executed by...
Military & Wars, People You Should Know
Admiral Richard H. Cruzen (1897-1970) was a graduate of Gallatin High School and became one of Gallatin’s most decorated sons. During his exciting military career including polar explorations, he received many decorations including the Legion of Merit, the...
Military & Wars, People You Should Know
Vietnam War veteran James A. Shreckengaust is among those from Daviess County, MO, achieving high military rank. The native of Pattonsburg (PHS Class of 1954) retired after 34 years as a captain in the United States Navy. Although he had many assignments,...
Military & Wars, People You Should Know
Navy Capt. Robert G. Black, a 1935 graduate of Gallatin High School, is remembered as the first naval officer to command the first nuclear submarine division in history of the United States. Internet research makes listing Commander Black’s military achievements...
Maps & Ghost Towns, Military & Wars
This 1947 map helps explain the 3-pronged approach to exploring the South Pole led by Admiral Cruzen.
Military & Wars, People You Should Know
A letter to the editor submitted to a Colorado Springs, Colorado, newspaper offers a glimpse at the personality of James H.B. McFerran, once a leading citizen of Gallatin, MO, active in Democrat politics and organizer of a Union militia unit from Daviess County, MO,...
Military & Wars, People You Should Know
The man who organized and led Union soldiers from Daviess County in the Battle of Westport was also the county’s prosecuting attorney and a circuit court judge. James H.B. McFerran helped initiate the Daviess County Savings Association, and served as its...
Military & Wars, People You Should Know
This is a brief account of the life of Col. Joseph Hamilton Daviess of Kentucky, summarized from the Feb. 2, 1911, edition of the Gallatin North Missourian. Daviess County is named after this Kentuckian killed by Indians at Tippecanoe, 25 years before this county in...