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Gallatin’s Olympic Gold Medal Winner: Loren E. Cornelius

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The Greeks probably never thought of the political consequences when they initiated the Olympic Games to honor their god, Zeus, in 776 B.C. Neither did a Gallatin farm boy, Loren E. Cornelius, back in 1904 when he won a gold medal for the United States in the third...

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

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

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