Editing Daviess County, Missouri (section)

==History==
According to [[Latter Day Saint movement]] founder [[Joseph Smith]], [[Adam-ondi-Ahman]], situated in the central part of the county, was where [[Adam and Eve (LDS Church)|Adam and Eve]] relocated after being banished from the [[Garden of Eden]]. According to [[Mormon folklore|LDS tradition]], the site is to be a gathering spot prior to the [[Second Coming (LDS Church)|Second Coming]] of [[Jesus Christ]].

In 1838, two years after the county was organized, Joseph Smith's claims about the history of the area spurred in an influx of Mormon settlers. Non-Mormon residents feared they were going to lose control of the county and attempted to prevent Mormons from voting in the [[Mormon War (1838)#The Election Day Battle at Gallatin|Gallatin Election Day Battle]]. This was to be the first skirmish in the [[Mormon War (1838)|Mormon War]]. Later, in retaliation for violence to their families and destruction of their property, some [[1838 Mormon War#Daviess County expedition|Mormons burned and sacked Gallatin, Grindstone Fork, Millport and other smaller settlements]]. The plundered goods were deposited in the [[Bishop's storehouse]] at Diahman.<ref name=LeSueur>{{cite book
 |last=LeSueur | first=Stephen C.
 |year= 1990
 |title= The 1838 Mormon War in Missouri
 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=IhkUAAAAYAAJ
 |publisher= University of Missouri Press
 |pages = 117–124 | isbn=9780826206268
 }}</ref>  Millport, which at the time was the largest city in the county and the center for trade, never recovered, and became a ghost town.<ref>{{cite book|title=The Historical Record, Volumes 5-8|author=Andrew Jensen|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Is1LAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA732|page=732|year=1889}}</ref>  Missouri Governor [[Lilburn Boggs]] issued an [[Missouri Executive Order 44|Extermination Order]] to drive the Mormons from the state after arresting Joseph Smith and other leaders of the church.

Daviess County played a major role in the history of the outlaw [[James-Younger Gang]]. The first confirmed bank robbery involving [[Jesse James]] occurred on December 7, 1869, at the Daviess County Savings Association in Gallatin. John W. Sheets, the bank cashier, was killed in the process by Jesse James, who believed Sheets was [[Samuel P. Cox]], who had killed James's bushwhacker colleague [[Bloody Bill Anderson]] during the [[American Civil War]]. On July 15, 1881, the gang was believed to have been responsible for the robbery of the [[Rock Island Line]] at Winston in which a conductor and passenger were killed.

After Jesse James was murdered in [[St. Joseph, Missouri|St. Joseph]], [[Frank James]] surrendered in 1882 to face Daviess County charges in connection with the train robbery/murder as well as murder charges in the 1869 bank robbery. Frank James was tried from August 20 – September 6, 1883. Interest was so intense that the trial was moved to the Gallatin Opera House to accommodate the crowds. James was found not guilty of involvement in both crimes. Charges were made that the jury was filled with Southern sympathizers who refused to convict one of their own.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Wilkinson |first=Darryl |year=1989 |title=Daviess County Jury Sides with Frank James |url=http://www.daviesscountyhistoricalsociety.com/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=109&mode=mode=thread&order=0&thold=0 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130102074720/http://www.daviesscountyhistoricalsociety.com/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=109&mode=mode=thread&order=0&thold=0 |archive-date=January 2, 2013 |website=Daviess County Historical Society}}</ref>

The Daviess County Savings Association and the Gallatin Opera House have since been torn down, although the Winston Rock Island Line train station still stands and is operated by the local historical society as a museum.

Daviess County has one of only three [[Rotary Jail]]s still in existence. Also known as the "Squirrel Cage Jail," <ref>{{Cite web |last=darryl |date=April 19, 2022 |title=Spend Some Time Visiting the 1889 Squirrel Cage Jail in Gallatin, MO |url=https://daviesscountyhistoricalsociety.com/2022/04/19/spend-some-time-in-the-1889-squirrel-cage-jail/ |access-date=February 21, 2024 |website=Daviess County Historical Society |language=en-US |archive-date=December 3, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231203205247/https://daviesscountyhistoricalsociety.com/2022/04/19/spend-some-time-in-the-1889-squirrel-cage-jail/ |url-status=live }}</ref> it is now a museum and is on the [[National Register of Historic Places]].