The Johnson County Historic Poor Farm has been designated a heritage area by Silos & Smokestacks National Heritage Area, ...

Life and work at the Huron County Poor Farm In 1875, Huron County purchased land to build a poor farm, which took two years and $4,000 to complete. Today, the land would have cost $17,000 and the ...

Silos & Smokestacks National Heritage Area (SSNHA), a member of the National Park Service National Heritage Area System, has ...

Each farm varied depending on needs and resources, as did its treatment of residents. Some poor farms provided a safe haven for those in need while others operated more like prisons. In 1868 ...

A thousand dollars or less per person per year in GDP - the consequence of poverty, genocide, years of war, lack of natural resources, poor farm management, and limited access to clean water and ...