Great Depression: Railroad Cars Turned into Homes
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...
Gallatin’s Connection to 2nd Worst Fatality Railroad Wreck in American History (1918)
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...
Railroads: QO&KC Links Pattonsburg, Coffeyburg, Gilman City
Railroads: Wabash Links Pattonsburg, Jameson, Gallatin, Lock Springs
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....
1871: Rock Island Train Depot Built at Winston, MO
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...
Railroads: Rock Island Links Jamesport, Gallatin, Altamont, Winston, MO
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....
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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