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====== 1853 ======
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===== Events =====
==== Boone County ====
  * [[Constance]] post office opens.
  * [[clerk_s_building|Boone County Clerk's Office]] is built in [[Burlington]].
==== Kentucky ====
  * Stephen Foster's "My Old Kentucky Home" is published. [[http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=126035325|NPR story]]
==== U.S. & World ==== 
  * Cincinnati became 1st US city to pay fire fighters a regular salary. [[http://www.historyorb.com/events/date/1853|HistoryOrb.com]]
  * National Black convention meets in Rochester NY. [[http://www.historyorb.com/events/date/1853|HistoryOrb.com]]
  * Completion of Grand Trunk Line, trains begin running over 1st North American railroad between Portland, Maine & Montreal.[[http://www.historyorb.com/events/date/1853|HistoryOrb.com]]

===== More Information =====
  * Boone County [[https://bcp.ent.sirsi.net/client/en_US/search/asset/31966/0|Tax Lists]], 1853.