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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.
People
- “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
Places
- “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
Happenings in Boone County History
- “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
- “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
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