Editing Gallatin, Missouri (section)

==History==
The territory now known as the county of Daviess, was initially inhabited by the [[Sauk people|Sauk]], [[Meskwaki]], and [[Pottawatomi]] peoples.<ref name="Daviess Co 1922">{{cite book |last1=Leopard |first1=John C. and Buel |title=History of Daviess and Gentry Counties, Missouri. Part I. History of Daviess County |date=1922 |publisher=Fb&c Limited |isbn=9781527837539 |page=65 |edition=Classic Reprint, 2017}}</ref> "The Treaty of 1837 removed the Sac and Fox Nation of Missouri into Kansas."<ref>{{cite web |last1=Sac and Fox Nation of Missouri |title=History of the Tribe |url=https://www.sacandfoxks.com |website=www.sacandfoxks.com |publisher=Sac &Fox Nation of Missouri in Kansas and Nebraska |access-date=January 11, 2022}}</ref> "Gallatin was founded in 1837 and named for [[Albert Gallatin]],<ref>{{cite book | url=https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_RfAuAAAAYAAJ | title=How Missouri Counties, Towns and Streams Were Named | publisher=The State Historical Society of Missouri | author=Eaton, David Wolfe | year=1916 | pages=[https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_RfAuAAAAYAAJ/page/n52 284]}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Disappearing Missouri Names |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/861825/missouri_toponyms/|newspaper=The Kansas City Star|date=March 19, 1911|page=15|via = [[Newspapers.com]]|access-date = August 15, 2014 }} {{Open access}}</ref> America's longest-serving [[United States Secretary of the Treasury|Secretary of the Treasury]] (1801–1814). Gallatin was incorporated in 1856.<ref>">{{cite web|url=https://www.sos.mo.gov/cmsimages/bluebook/2017-2018/8_CityCounty.pdf#nameddest=ClassificationofMunicipalities |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180320030850/https://www.sos.mo.gov/cmsimages/bluebook/2017-2018/8_CityCounty.pdf |archive-date=2018-03-20 |url-status=live|publisher=[[Missouri Secretary of State]]|access-date=2018-05-25|date=2017|title=2017-2018 Official Manual, State of Missouri}}</ref> A variant spelling was Galatin.<ref name="1853map">{{cite web|url=https://digital.shsmo.org/digital/collection/Maps/id/75/rec/2|last=Hutawa|first=Julius|title=Map of the State of Missouri Showing the Line Route Adopted by the Hannibal and St. Joseph Railroad Co., March 8, 1853.|website=The State Historical Society of Missouri|access-date=May 15, 2025}}</ref>
[[Image:Gallatin-rotary.jpg|thumb|left|[[Rotary jail]] in Gallatin]]

The [[Mormon War (1838)#The Election Day Battle at Gallatin|Gallatin Election Day Battle]] took place on 6 August 1838. About 200 people attempted to forcibly prevent Latter-day Saints (also known as Mormons) from [[voting]] in the newly created [[county (United States)|county]]'s first [[election]]. In October 1838, [[David W. Patten]] led Mormon troops in the [[1838 Mormon War#Daviess County expedition|Daviess County expedition]] in which the Mormons burned and looted much of Gallatin, Millport and Grindstone Fork, consecrating the stolen goods to the [[bishop's storehouse]].<ref>{{cite book
 |last=LeSueur | first=Stephen C.
 |year= 1990
 |title= The 1838 Mormon War in Missouri
 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=IhkUAAAAYAAJ
 |page=120
 |publisher= University of Missouri Press| isbn=9780826206268
 }}</ref> The skirmishes were part of the [[Mormon War (1838)|1838 Mormon War]]. Gallatin is important in the Latter-day Saint religion; nearby is a place known to its members as  [[Adam-ondi-Ahman]]. They believe it to be the site where Adam and Eve lived after they had been expelled from the Garden of Eden.<ref>[[Adam-ondi-Ahman]]</ref>

On December 7, 1869 [[Jesse James]] (and most likely Frank) robbed the Daviess County Savings Association. The robbery netted little money. Jesse is believed to have shot and killed the cashier, Captain John Sheets.

In 1892, Grand River College moved from [[Edinburg, Missouri]] to Gallatin, where it operated for a period under the auspices of [[William Jewell College]] before it closed permanently in 1910 after a fire.

The [[Daviess County Rotary Jail and Sheriff's Residence]], the [[A. Taylor Ray House]] and the [[Daviess County Courthouse (Gallatin, Missouri)|Daviess County Courthouse]] are listed on the [[National Register of Historic Places]].<ref name="nris">{{NRISref|version=2010a}}</ref>

[[File:Aerial view of Gallatin, Missouri 9-2-2013.JPG|thumb|Aerial view of Gallatin, Missouri]]