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6 unusual facts about Gallatin


Battle of Crooked River

This unease reached a bursting point when Thomas B. Marsh and Orson Hyde of the Mormon Quorum of the Twelve Apostles arrived in Richmond and reported that the Danites had invaded Daviess County and sacked the county seat of Gallatin.

Joseph S. Fowler

He also served as president of Howard Female College in Gallatin, Tennessee from 1856 to 1861.

Non-importation Act

Gallatin complained that the bill was badly worded, lacking specificity in certain situations.

This presented another problem, which Gallatin wanted clarified because without a revision he thought the bill would only raise more questions than it answered.

At this time Gallatin suggested that complete non-intercourse could be administered far more effectively.

Walter Page

Walter Sylvester Page was born in Gallatin, Missouri on February 9, 1900 to parents Edward and Blanche Page.


13th Regiment Tennessee Volunteer Cavalry

The 13th Tennessee Cavalry was organized at Strawberry Plains, Gallatin and Nashville, Tennessee and mustered in for a three year enlistment under the command of Colonel John K. Miller.

Albert Gallatin Hawes

Albert Gallatin Hawes (April 1, 1804 – March 14, 1849) was a U.S. Representative from Kentucky, brother of Richard Hawes, nephew of Aylett Hawes, granduncle of Harry Bartow Hawes, and cousin of Aylett Hawes Buckner.

Big Horn, Wyoming

These included the sheep-breeding Moncreiffe brothers (from Clan Moncreiffe of the Scottish Highlands), Oliver Wallop (a member of the English Nobility), Goelet Gallatin (a descendant of Albert Gallatin US Treasury Secretary under Thomas Jefferson), and Bradford Brinton (a businessman from Chicago).

Fairvue

Isaac Franklin Plantation, also known as Fairvue, a former National Historic Landmark that remains listed on the NRHP in Gallatin, Sumner County, Tennessee

Forward Township, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania

The township includes the small Monongahela River community of Gallatin, Pennsylvania, the hometown of baseball record holder Ron Necciai.

Francis Perceval Eliot

In 1770, he went to Mrs Betesworth's Academy in Kingston, near Portsmouth, Hampshire, leaving in 1772 to join Mr Lockee's Military Academy, Little Chelsea, London, and later to Colonel Gallatin's School of Equitation for 7 months.

Gallatin Bank Building

Originally called The Bank of New York, the name was later changed to Gallatin because of its association with the family of Albert Gallatin.

Nashville Metropolitan Transit Authority

Outside of Davidson County, MTA collaborates with the Regional Transportation Authority (RTA) to provide express service to Brentwood, Franklin, Gallatin, Hendersonville, Lavergne, Smyrna, Murfreesboro, Spring Hill, Joelton and Springfield.

Samuel P. Cox

Frank was not tried for the bank murder however he was tried in 1883 in Gallatin for an 1881 murder of a Rock Island Railroad employee at nearby Winston, Missouri.

After the war he returned to Gallatin, Missouri and briefly settled in Grass Valley, Nevada and Oroville, California (1854-1856) before returning to Daviess County in 1857 where he was briefly a deputy sheriff.

Spider Harrison

Next Spider Harrison answered the call to replace the legendary John R. (John Richbourg) on his retirement from the 50,000 watt clear channel Class A station, WLAC (often referred to as Randy's Record Mart of Gallatin TN) in Nashville.

Zales Ecton

He attended the Gallatin County public schools, the then Montana State College (later Montana State University) at Bozeman and the University of Chicago law school.


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