Chronicles of Boone County Kentucky

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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 [[boone_county_public_library|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 Builders| 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|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|Emma Rouse Lloyd and her adventurous father]]" - by Hillary Delaney [[http://www.bcpl.org/lhg/|BCPL Local History Department]]
  * "[[african american soldiers|African American Soldiers in the Civil War]]"- by Hillary Delaney [[http://www.bcpl.org/lhg/|BCPL Local History Department]]
  * "[[brother_against_brother|Brother Against Brother]]"- by Hillary Delaney [[http://www.bcpl.org/lhg/|BCPL Local History Department]]
  * "[[Stationmaster Samuel Barkshire]]" - By Hillary Delaney [[http://www.bcpl.org/lhg/|BCPL Local History Department]]
  * "[[rabbit_hash_bill|Rabbit Hash Bill]]"- By Hillary Delaney [[http://www.bcpl.org/lhg/|BCPL Local History Department]]
  * "[[Sultana|Death On The Mississippi]]"- By Hillary Delaney [[http://www.bcpl.org/lhg/|BCPL Local History Department]]
  * "[[Daniel Boone and Boone County]]"- By Hillary Delaney [[http://www.bcpl.org/lhg/|BCPL Local History Department]]
  * "[[Discoveries in Family Research]]"- By Hillary Delaney [[http://www.bcpl.org/lhg/|BCPL Local History Department]]
  * "[[Death Valley Scotty]]"- By Hillary Delaney [[http://www.bcpl.org/lhg/|BCPL Local History Department]]
  * "[[Rosella French Porterfield|Rosella French Porterfield: Educator and Activist]]" - By Hillary Delaney [[http://www.bcpl.org/lhg/|BCPL Local History Department]]
  * "[[oberting|Boone County's Answer to Paul Bunyan]]"- By Hillary Delaney [[http://www.bcpl.org/lhg/|BCPL Local History Department]]
  * "[[The Flying DaComas]]"- By Hillary Delaney [[http://www.bcpl.org/lhg/|BCPL Local History Department]]
  * "[[Elijah Anderson|Elijah Anderson and the Underground Railroad]]" - By Hillary Delaney [[http://www.bcpl.org/lhg/|BCPL Local History Department]]
  * "[[father of the US border patrol|Father of the U. S. Border Patrol]]"- By Hillary Delaney [[http://www.bcpl.org/lhg/|BCPL Local History Department]]
  * "[[daniel goff|African American Revolutionary War Patriot, Daniel Goff]]"- By Hillary Delaney [[http://www.bcpl.org/lhg/|BCPL Local History Department]]
  *  "[[walking for sport|Boone County's Champion Heel and Toe Walker]]"- By Hillary Delaney [[http://www.bcpl.org/lhg/|BCPL Local History Department]]
  * "[[African American Genealogy|African American Genealogy in Boone County, Kentucky]]"- By Hillary Delaney [[http://www.bcpl.org/lhg/|BCPL Local History Department]]
  * "[[Letters Home]]"- By Hillary Delaney [[http://www.bcpl.org/lhg/|BCPL Local History Department]]
  * "[[spinny douglas|The Legend of Spinny Douglas]]" - By Hillary Delaney [[http://www.bcpl.org/lhg/|BCPL Local History Department]]
  * "[[medicine_in_boone|The Doctor is in...Boone County]]"  - By Hillary Delaney [[http://www.bcpl.org/lhg/|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|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 article|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
  * "[[boone_county_jail|The Old Boone County Jail]]"- by Hillary Delaney [[http://www.bcpl.org/lhg/|BCPL Local History Department]]
  * "[[covered_bridges_of_boone_county|The Covered Bridges of Boone County]]"- by Hillary Delaney [[http://www.bcpl.org/lhg/|BCPL Local History Department]]
  * "[[cursed laughery|The Cursed Island]]" - - by Hillary Delaney [[http://www.bcpl.org/lhg/|BCPL Local History Department]]
  * "[[highland_stock_farm|Highland Stock Farm]]"- by Hillary Delaney [[http://www.bcpl.org/lhg/|BCPL Local History Department]]
  * "[[boone_county_haunted_house|House of Death]]"- by Hillary Delaney [[http://www.bcpl.org/lhg/|BCPL Local History Department]]
  * "[[ancient_trees|Ancient Trees in Boone County]]"- by Hillary Delaney [[http://www.bcpl.org/lhg/|BCPL Local History Department]]
  * "[[Frontier Worlds]]"- by Hillary Delaney [[http://www.bcpl.org/lhg/|BCPL Local History Department]]
  * "[[The Poor House and Infirmary]]" - By Hillary Delaney [[http://www.bcpl.org/lhg/|BCPL Local History Department]]
  * "[[History_of_Gunpowder|A History of Boone County's Gunpowder Area]]" - By Thomas Schiffer
  * "[[hillbilly park|Country music stars at Hillbilly Park]]" - by Hillary Delaney [[http://www.bcpl.org/lhg/|BCPL Local History Department]]
 
====Happenings in Boone County History====
 
  * "[[America_s_favorite_condiment|An American Favorite, Grown and Produced in Boone County]]"- by Hillary Delaney [[http://www.bcpl.org/lhg/|BCPL Local History Department]]
  * "[[Balloons Over Boone]]"- by Hillary Delaney [[http://www.bcpl.org/lhg/|BCPL Local History Department]]
  * "[[wine_production_in _boone_county|Wine Production in Boone County]]"- by Hillary Delaney [[http://www.bcpl.org/lhg/|BCPL Local History Department]]
  * "[[meteorites_in_boone_county|Meteorites in Boone County]]"- by Hillary Delaney [[http://www.bcpl.org/lhg/|BCPL Local History Department]]
  * "[[heavyweight_champion_of_the_world|Heavyweight Championship Fight]]"- by Hillary Delaney [[http://www.bcpl.org/lhg/|BCPL Local History Department]]
  * "[[holiday cooking|The Holiday Table]]"- by Hillary Delaney [[http://www.bcpl.org/lhg/|BCPL Local History Department]]
  * "[[ice gorge|The Ice Gorge of 1918]]- by Hillary Delaney [[http://www.bcpl.org/lhg/|BCPL Local History Department]]
  * "[[kentucky 225 anniversary|Celebrating Kentucky’s 225 Years of Statehood]]" - by Hillary Delaney [[http://www.bcpl.org/lhg/|BCPL Local History Department]]
  * "[[counterfeiting|Counterfeiting in Boone County]]"- by Hillary Delaney [[http://www.bcpl.org/lhg/|BCPL Local History Department]]
  * "[[the_madstone|The "Madstone" for the Treatment of Rabid Dog Bites]]"- by Hillary Delaney [[http://www.bcpl.org/lhg/|BCPL Local History Department]]
  * "[[earthquakes|Earthquakes in Boone County]]"- by Hillary Delaney [[http://www.bcpl.org/lhg/|BCPL Local History Department]]
  * "[[family feud|Family Feuds]]" - by Hillary Delaney [[http://www.bcpl.org/lhg/|BCPL Local History Department]]
  * "[[Floating Photography Studios]]" - by Hillary Delaney [[http://www.bcpl.org/lhg/|BCPL Local History Department]]
  * "[[the_development_of_tourism_at_big_bone|Tourism at Big Bone]]"- by Hillary Delaney [[http://www.bcpl.org/lhg/|BCPL Local History Department]]
  * "[[observations_on_petersburg|Lewis Loder's Observations of Life in Petersburg]]"- by Hillary Delaney [[http://www.bcpl.org/lhg/|BCPL Local History Department]]
  * "[[tobacco_and_the_night_riders|Tobacco Wars and the Boone County Night Riders]]"- by Hillary Delaney [[http://www.bcpl.org/lhg/|BCPL Local History Department]]
  * "[[circus|The Circus Came to Town]]"- by Hillary Delaney [[http://www.bcpl.org/lhg/|BCPL Local History Department]]
  * "[[train_robbery|America's First Train Robbery, by Boone County Thieves?]]" - by Hillary Delaney [[http://www.bcpl.org/lhg/|BCPL Local History Department]]
  * "[[UFO_sighting|UFO Sightings in Boone County]]" - by Hillary Delaney [[http://www.bcpl.org/lhg/|BCPL Local History Department]]
  * "[[buried_treasure|Buried Treasure in Boone County]]" - by Hillary Delaney [[http://www.bcpl.org/lhg/|BCPL Local History Department]]
  * "[[competition at the fair|Healthy Competition at the Boone County Fair]]" - by Hillary Delaney [[http://www.bcpl.org/lhg/|BCPL Local History Department]]
  * "[[christmas past|Christmas Past in Boone County]]- by Hillary Delaney [[http://www.bcpl.org/lhg/|BCPL Local History Department]]
  * "[[sensationalism|Sensationalism and Snakes]]" - by Hillary Delaney [[http://www.bcpl.org/lhg/|BCPL Local History Department]]
  * "[[constance_wraith|The Constance Wraith]]" - by Hillary Delaney [[http://www.bcpl.org/lhg/|BCPL Local History Department]]
  * "[[getaway_car|The First Bank Robbery Getaway Car]]" - by Hillary Delaney [[http://www.bcpl.org/lhg/|BCPL Local History Department]]
  * "[[mystery of the german count|The Mysterious German Count]]" - By Hillary Delaney [[http://www.bcpl.org/lhg/|BCPL Local History Department]]
  * "[[bicycling|Bicycling in Boone County]]" - By Hillary Delaney [[http://www.bcpl.org/lhg/|BCPL Local History Department]]
  * "[[women's suffrage|The Women's Vote]]" - By Hillary Delaney [[http://www.bcpl.org/lhg/|BCPL Local History Department]]
  * "[[Tying the Knot]]" - By Hillary Delaney [[http://www.bcpl.org/lhg/|BCPL Local History Department]]
  * "[[labor leader|Torture of a Pacifist]]" - By Hillary Delaney [[http://www.bcpl.org/lhg/|BCPL Local History Department]]
  * "[[Horror on the River]]" - By Hillary Delaney [[http://www.bcpl.org/lhg/|BCPL Local History Department]]
  * "[[Tally Ho! Riding to Hounds]]" - By Hillary Delaney [[http://www.bcpl.org/lhg/|BCPL Local History Department]]
  * "[[link_to_lincoln|A Link to Lincoln]]" - By Hillary Delaney [[http://www.bcpl.org/lhg/|BCPL Local History Department]]
  *  "[[moving pictures|Moving Pictures in Boone County]]"- By Hillary Delaney [[http://www.bcpl.org/lhg/|BCPL Local History Department]]
  * "[[American Legion]]" - By Kelly Bilz [[http://www.bcpl.org/lhg/|BCPL Local History Department]]
  * "[[immodest_proposal|An Immodest Proposal]]" - By Kelly Bilz [[http://www.bcpl.org/lhg/|BCPL Local History Department]]
  * "[[ugrr borderlands|The Barkshire and Hawkins families of Boone County and Rising Sun: An Underground Railroad Borderlands Story]]" - By Hillary Delaney [[http://www.bcpl.org/lhg/|BCPL Local History Department]]
  * "[[halloween_parade|Burlington Elementary School’s Annual Halloween Parade]]" - By Kelly Bilz [[http://www.bcpl.org/lhg|BCPL Local History Department]]
  * "[[census_boone|Census Records in Boone County History]]" - By Hillary Delaney [[http://www.bcpl.org/lhg/|BCPL Local History Department]]
  * "[[precautionary_rules_spanish_flu|Precautionary Rules and the Spanish Influenza]]" - By Hillary Delaney [[http://www.bcpl.org/lhg/|BCPL Local History Department]]