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====== 1879 ======
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===== Events =====
==== Boone County ====
  * A [[post offices|post office]] is established in [[Rabbit Hash]].

==== Kentucky ====
  * Susan B. Anthony visits Kentucky to gain the support of Kentucky women for women's suffrage.
  * Simmons College of Kentucky, a private, historically [[African-Americans|African-American]] college is founded in Louisville.

==== U.S. & World ====
  * February 22 - Frank W. Woolworth opens the first five and dime store in Utica, New York.
  * May 30 - In New York City, William Henry Vanderbilt opens Gilmore's Garden to the public, renaming it Madison Square Garden.
  * The Anglo-Zulu War breaks out in South Africa.

===== More Information =====
  * Boone County [[https://bcp.ent.sirsi.net/client/en_US/search/asset/26678/0|African American Tax List]], 1879.
  * //Boone County Recorder//, 1879:
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    * [[https://bcp.ent.sirsi.net/client/en_US/search/asset/35578/0|April]]
    * [[https://bcp.ent.sirsi.net/client/en_US/search/asset/35386/0|May]]
    * [[https://bcp.ent.sirsi.net/client/en_US/search/asset/35573/0|June]]
    * [[https://bcp.ent.sirsi.net/client/en_US/search/asset/35388/0|July]]
    * [[https://bcp.ent.sirsi.net/client/en_US/search/asset/35579/0|August]]
    * [[https://bcp.ent.sirsi.net/client/en_US/search/asset/35596/0|September]]
    * [[https://bcp.ent.sirsi.net/client/en_US/search/asset/31990/0|October]]
    * [[https://bcp.ent.sirsi.net/client/en_US/search/asset/35552/0|November]]
    * [[https://bcp.ent.sirsi.net/client/en_US/search/asset/35556/0|December]]