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Events
Boone County
A
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-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.
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Boone County
African American Tax List
, 1879.
Boone County Recorder
, 1879:
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May
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August
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October
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December