Articles of Interest

Below is a list of articles telling the stories of people and places in Boone County to present a better understanding of life in the county. These include: articles submitted by the Boone County Preservation Review Board that were published in the Boone County Recorder and articles that may have appeared in the BCPL newsletter.

• “William Clark at Big Bone Lick, 1806” – by Donald E. Clare, Jr.
• “Carroll Cropper, Long Time Judge” – by Robert Schrage
• “Silas Dinsmoor, Part 1” - by Donald E. Clare, Jr.
• “Silas Dinsmoor, part 2” – by Donald E. Clare, Jr.
• “Silas Dinsmoor, part 3” – by Donald E. Clare, Jr.
• “Silas Dinsmoor, part 4” – by Donald E. Clare, Jr.
• “Old McDonald Meets Farmer Maurer” – by M. Patricia Fox
• “Frank S. Milburn & Burlington's Wartime Secret” – by Matthew E. Becher
• “ George P. Nicholson: Master Builder” – by Matthew E. Becher & Lori McEntee
• “The Black & White of It” – by M. Patricia Fox
• “Dr. George S. Sperti- Burlington Scientist & Inventor“– by Robert Schrage
• ”Glenrose Williams: Boone County's First Female Sheriff“– by Robert Schrage
• ”A Visit to Boone County in 1890“– by Cathy Collopy
• ”Celebrating John Uri Lloyd's 160th Birthday”- by Donald E. Clare, Jr.
• “Another Boone County Mystery”- by Harold McFarland
• “The Kiger Murders of 1943”- by Bridget Striker
• “Emma Rouse Lloyd and her adventurous father” - by Hillary Delaney BCPL Local History Department
• “African American Soldiers in the Civil War”- by Hillary Delaney BCPL Local History Department
• “Brother Against Brother”- by Hillary Delaney BCPL Local History Department
• “Stationmaster Samuel Barkshire” - By Hillary Delaney BCPL Local History Department
• “Rabbit Hash Bill”- By Hillary Delaney BCPL Local History Department
• “Death On The Mississippi”- By Hillary Delaney BCPL Local History Department
• “Daniel Boone and Boone County”- By Hillary Delaney BCPL Local History Department
• “Discoveries in Family Research”- By Hillary Delaney BCPL Local History Department
• “Death Valley Scotty”- By Hillary Delaney BCPL Local History Department
• “Rosella French Porterfield: Educator and Activist” - By Hillary Delaney BCPL Local History Department
• “Boone County's Answer to Paul Bunyan”- By Hillary Delaney BCPL Local History Department
• “The Flying DaComas”- By Hillary Delaney BCPL Local History Department
• “Elijah Anderson and the Underground Railroad” - By Hillary Delaney BCPL Local History Department
• “Father of the U. S. Border Patrol”- By Hillary Delaney BCPL Local History Department
• “African American Revolutionary War Patriot, Daniel Goff”- By Hillary Delaney BCPL Local History Department
• “Boone County's Champion Heel and Toe Walker”- By Hillary Delaney BCPL Local History Department
• “African American Genealogy in Boone County, Kentucky”- By Hillary Delaney BCPL Local History Department
• “Letters Home”- By Hillary Delaney BCPL Local History Department
• “The Legend of Spinny Douglas” - By Hillary Delaney BCPL Local History Department
• “The Doctor is in...Boone County” - By Hillary Delaney BCPL Local History Department

• “Fifty Years Ago in Boone County” – by Donald E. Clare, Jr.
• “People Admire Old Buildings” – by M. Patricia Fox
• “The Old Boone County Clerk's Building” – by Matthew E. Becher
• “The Old Boone County Courthouse” – by Matthew E. Becher
• “Kentucky's Largest Distillery was in Petersburg” – by Matthew E. Becher
• “175th Anniversary: Rabbit Hash General Store”- by Donald E. Clare, Jr.
• “The Renaker House”- by Matthew E. Becher
• “Log House Was Steeped in History”- by Donald E. Clare, Jr.
• “Laughery Island” - by Donald E. Clare, Jr.
• “Why Did the Ferry Cross the River”- by Donald E. Clare, Jr.
• “Burlington Presbyterian Church” - by Matthew E. Becher
• “Preserving Local Heritage” – by M. Patricia Fox
• “Mixing Fact with Ghoulish Details“– by M. Patricia Fox
• ”Burlington Loses Significant Building”- by Matthew E. Becher & Harold McFarland
• “Community in 19th Century Belleview Bottoms” - by Cathy Collopy, Dinsmore Homestead
• “The Names in the Bell Tower”- by Harold McFarland
• “The Old Burlington Cemetery” - by Matt Becher and Robert Schrage
• “Reviving The Central House”- by M. Patricia Fox
• “The Old Boone County Jail”- by Hillary Delaney BCPL Local History Department
• “The Covered Bridges of Boone County”- by Hillary Delaney BCPL Local History Department
• “The Cursed Island” - - by Hillary Delaney BCPL Local History Department
• “Highland Stock Farm”- by Hillary Delaney BCPL Local History Department
• “House of Death”- by Hillary Delaney BCPL Local History Department
• “Ancient Trees in Boone County”- by Hillary Delaney BCPL Local History Department
• “Frontier Worlds”- by Hillary Delaney BCPL Local History Department
• “The Poor House and Infirmary” - By Hillary Delaney BCPL Local History Department
• “A History of Boone County's Gunpowder Area” - By Thomas Schiffer
• “Country music stars at Hillbilly Park” - by Hillary Delaney BCPL Local History Department

• “An American Favorite, Grown and Produced in Boone County”- by Hillary Delaney BCPL Local History Department
• “Balloons Over Boone”- by Hillary Delaney BCPL Local History Department
• “Wine Production in Boone County”- by Hillary Delaney BCPL Local History Department
• “Meteorites in Boone County”- by Hillary Delaney BCPL Local History Department
• “Heavyweight Championship Fight”- by Hillary Delaney BCPL Local History Department
• “The Holiday Table”- by Hillary Delaney BCPL Local History Department
• “The Ice Gorge of 1918- by Hillary Delaney BCPL Local History Department
• ”Celebrating Kentucky’s 225 Years of Statehood“ - by Hillary Delaney BCPL Local History Department
• ”Counterfeiting in Boone County“- by Hillary Delaney BCPL Local History Department
• ”The "Madstone" for the Treatment of Rabid Dog Bites“- by Hillary Delaney BCPL Local History Department
• ”Earthquakes in Boone County“- by Hillary Delaney BCPL Local History Department
• ”Family Feuds“ - by Hillary Delaney BCPL Local History Department
• ”Floating Photography Studios“ - by Hillary Delaney BCPL Local History Department
• ”Tourism at Big Bone“- by Hillary Delaney BCPL Local History Department
• ”Lewis Loder's Observations of Life in Petersburg“- by Hillary Delaney BCPL Local History Department
• ”Tobacco Wars and the Boone County Night Riders“- by Hillary Delaney BCPL Local History Department
• ”The Circus Came to Town“- by Hillary Delaney BCPL Local History Department
• ”America's First Train Robbery, by Boone County Thieves?“ - by Hillary Delaney BCPL Local History Department
• ”UFO Sightings in Boone County“ - by Hillary Delaney BCPL Local History Department
• ”Buried Treasure in Boone County“ - by Hillary Delaney BCPL Local History Department
• ”Healthy Competition at the Boone County Fair“ - by Hillary Delaney BCPL Local History Department
• ”Christmas Past in Boone County- by Hillary Delaney BCPL Local History Department
• “Sensationalism and Snakes” - by Hillary Delaney BCPL Local History Department
• “The Constance Wraith” - by Hillary Delaney BCPL Local History Department
• “The First Bank Robbery Getaway Car” - by Hillary Delaney BCPL Local History Department
• “The Mysterious German Count” - By Hillary Delaney BCPL Local History Department
• “Bicycling in Boone County” - By Hillary Delaney BCPL Local History Department
• “The Women's Vote” - By Hillary Delaney BCPL Local History Department
• “Tying the Knot” - By Hillary Delaney BCPL Local History Department
• “Torture of a Pacifist” - By Hillary Delaney BCPL Local History Department
• “Horror on the River” - By Hillary Delaney BCPL Local History Department
• “Tally Ho! Riding to Hounds” - By Hillary Delaney BCPL Local History Department
• “A Link to Lincoln” - By Hillary Delaney BCPL Local History Department
• “Moving Pictures in Boone County”- By Hillary Delaney BCPL Local History Department
• “American Legion” - By Kelly Bilz BCPL Local History Department
• “An Immodest Proposal” - By Kelly Bilz BCPL Local History Department
• “The Barkshire and Hawkins families of Boone County and Rising Sun: An Underground Railroad Borderlands Story” - By Hillary Delaney BCPL Local History Department
• “Burlington Elementary School’s Annual Halloween Parade” - By Kelly Bilz BCPL Local History Department
• “Census Records in Boone County History” - By Hillary Delaney BCPL Local History Department
• “Precautionary Rules and the Spanish Influenza” - By Hillary Delaney BCPL Local History Department