Author :
Publisher :
Page : 301 pages
File Size : 39,92 MB
Release : 2012
Category : Almshouses
ISBN :
History of the poor house, poor farm and Poor Farm Cemetery in Effingham County, Illinois.
Author : Dusty Williams
Publisher : CreateSpace
Page : 214 pages
File Size : 32,90 MB
Release : 2015-07-27
Category :
ISBN : 9781511606028
A place vanished from many record books was a home to many residents of Grayson County, Texas...it was, The Poor Farm. Follow the colorful history of this eventful place from its begining to its end. The County Farm of Grayson County, like other County Poor Farms, provided a home for the needy and less fortunate. From times of peace, prosperity and production, to Edna Gladney's famous march on the dire circumstances that surrounded the county farm of Grayson County. Trace the intimate history of many of the residents, including farmers, doctors and even a niece of Davy Crockett who once called this place home. This book not only documents the history of the home, but provides biographies of those who lived here as well as those who ran the farm throughout its long history. -Also includes a history of the Pecan Grove Community, west of Sherman.
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Page : 0 pages
File Size : 43,55 MB
Release : 1991
Category : Benton County (Ark.)
ISBN : 9780881071849
Author : Gina Wysocki
Publisher : iUniverse
Page : 110 pages
File Size : 39,57 MB
Release : 2008-12
Category : History
ISBN : 1440104743
The tombstones are one of two of the last remaining structures of the Will County Poor Farm that opened its doors in 1850. The Will County Poor Farm became an institution that relied on self supported resources in order to provide relief to hundreds of the county's less fortunate, mentally and terminally ill, elderly, and orphaned children.
Author : United States. Bureau of the Census
Publisher :
Page : 152 pages
File Size : 24,63 MB
Release : 1915
Category : Almshouses
ISBN :
Author : Ethel McClure
Publisher :
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 25,22 MB
Release : 1968
Category : Almshouses
ISBN : 9780873515351
Minnesota's First Poorhouses County Poor Farms The Home for the Friendless Women of the Churches The State Expands Its Role Improving County Poor Farms Ethnic Groups Provide for Their Aged The Poorhouse under Scrutiny Red Ink and Midnight Oil The Questing Twenties From Great Depression to Social Security Standards and Shortages during World War 11 Regulations and Ration Books Progress in the Fifties Changes and Challenges Illustrations Reference Notes Index
Author : Will Carleton
Publisher :
Page : 82 pages
File Size : 29,74 MB
Release : 1904
Category : Indiana
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Author : Mj Pettengill
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 46,38 MB
Release : 2015-07-02
Category : Abenaki women
ISBN : 9781503027961
"I smiled when I thought about him lyin' alone in that field with his bones picked clean. Live free or die... I finally understood." The year is 1872. The Civil War has ended,leaving behind a nation torn and economically depressed. "Etched in Granite" is a harrowing account of life and death on a rural New England Poor Farm - a tragic, yet triumphant novel that tells a story of courage, survival, and secrets surrounding lost love. The story is narrated by the three principal characters: Abigail, a young woman facing unimaginable hardship when agonizing circumstances and betrayal lead to life on the Poor Farm; Nellie, an Abenaki elder and healer enduring great loss while exhibiting resilience during a time of social, racial, and religious intolerance; and Silas, a spirited farm boss illuminating the conflicts of balancing a position of authority with his personal life while navigating small town politics. Their unforgettable stories are carefully woven together to reveal a hidden part of America's somber past. The novel was inspired by the author's discovery of a pauper cemetery in New Hampshire where there are 298 numbered graves. It is her mission to give voices to those silenced, to evoke images where they have been erased, and to replace the numbers with names.ETCHED IN GRANITE Historical Fiction Series BOOK ONE
Author : Mike Sonnenberg
Publisher : Huron Photo
Page : 169 pages
File Size : 41,82 MB
Release : 2017-10-15
Category : Curiosities and wonders
ISBN : 9780999433201
Based on the popular Lost In Michigan website that was featured in the Detroit Free Press, It contains locations throughout Michigan, and tells their interesting story. There are over 50 stories and locations that you will find fascinating.
Author : Mary Downing Hahn
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Page : 199 pages
File Size : 25,6 MB
Release : 2009
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 0547248784
When Travis and his sister, Corey, learn that their grandmother's quiet Vermont inn has a history of ghost sightings, they decide to do a little "haunting" of their own. Before long, their supernatural pranks are drawing tourists to the inn. But Travis and Corey soon find out that there are other ghosts at Fox Hill Inn, and their tricks have awakened something dangerous and threatening. It's up to these pranksters to figure out how to lay to rest the ghosts they've stirred. A fresh take on haunted houses, Mary Downing Hahn's entertaining, spooky story pokes gentle fun at charlatan ghost hunters while suggesting that ghosts are not to be trifled with.
