Social welfare was not a major concern for the pioneer inhabitants of Midland County. At the time of the legal organization, in 1855, the area's population barely exceeded 200 people, most of whom ...
The Johnson County Board of Supervisors unanimously passed a $28,948 proposal from CertaPro Painters to restore and repaint the Livestock Barn at the Historic Poor Farm during the board’s formal ...
Morning at Poor Farm Wildlife Management Area. A sandhill crane protects its nest, deer move from feeding to bedding grounds, grouse drum in aspen thickets, ducks dart to and fro and dozens of ...
Dear Action Line: Years ago, a city employee told me that the old, brick building at 13 Bacus was once the county “Poor House.” It looks like it’s apartments now. Do you know the history of the ...
Sometimes, finding a ledger at the Cape Girardeau County Archive Center leads to more questions than answers. When a researcher asked me about the ledger for the Cape County Poor Farm, or Home for the ...
IOWA CITY, Iowa -- The lands around the Johnson County Historic Poor Farm are being put to use by nonprofit groups and charities in a much different way than the asylum's original owners in 1855 may ...
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