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Kate Shelley and the Midnight Express

Kate Shelley



Boone County Timeline 1803 - 1994
Century Farms
Church Histories 1880
Civil War Call for Volunteers/Units
History of Boone County 1880
History of Boone County 1914
Patents 1866-2020
Public Officials 1850-1912
Railroad History




Poor Farm/Insane Asylum
These were located on the same property.
History
1880 Census
Cemetery
1894 Fire at Insane Asylum
1917 Fire at Poor Farm
Miscellaneous Records
Notes of Arlene Jacoby Alborg
1902-1958 Records of Insane
The Poor Outside the Home
Transition




Newspaper Articles

Fatal Boiler Explosion - News Republican - February 14, 1883
A Pioneer Grave - News Republican - March 28, 1883
The First Graves, Boone Republican, May 25, 1899
First Murder, Register News - November 11, 1900
New Milwaukee Bridge Biggest in the World - Perry Daily Chief - July 13, 1912