Gone But Not Forgotten
The impact of the railroad in the development of rural America cannot be overstated. Nearly all towns in Daviess County, MO, were built around railroad depots. Transportation for developing commerce depended on trains, both to ship farm products and livestock out as...
The Great Depression
For many years, the railroads were one of the main sources of transportation for both the rural and the urban people. During the Great Depression, most railroads operated with three shifts and seven days a week. As the severe drought lingered and both farmers and...
Gone But Not Forgotten
July, 1918, marked the 100 year memorial of the second worst train wreck in United States history, and John Whitfield and Pam Parton of Gallatin, MO, attended a get together for survivors of the victims. They were joined by John’s two nephews, John J. Whitfield...
Gone But Not Forgotten
Gone But Not Forgotten
In June 1871, the St. Louis, Chillicothe, & Omaha Railroad (later known as the Wabash and still later the Norfolk & Western) completed a new rail line as far west as the town site which was to become Jameson, MO....
Gone But Not Forgotten
In 1871 a new railroad station was built by the Southwestern Branch of the Chicago Rock Island & Pacific Railroad on a high point in Daviess County, halfway between Gallatin and Cameron. At this point a community began to take shape around the depot. At first the...
Gone But Not Forgotten
The Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific (CRI&P) Railroad, commonly called the Rock Island, bisected Daviess County from northeast to southwest. It linked Jamesport to Gallatin to Altamont to Winston within the county....