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Snapshots of History by Mike Avitt

Summary by mtayrnews.com
I don’t have any images of Ringgold County’s first “Poor Farm.” I took several photos of our second county home, one of which is seen with this week’s article. Our county home, called the Poor Farm in the early days, was established in 1883 to provide care for paupers, orphans, cripples, feeble-minded and blind individuals. In the 1880s, the residents of the Poor Farm were referred to as paupers or inmates. Before the establishment of the Poor F…
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mtayrnews.com broke the news in Mount Ayr, United States on Wednesday, December 31, 2025.
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