Ionia County MI Archives News.....County Poor House Burned March 7, 1907 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/mi/mifiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Marilyn Johnson McDowell texas26@gmail.com May 7, 2009, 9:18 pm Charlotte Observer, North Carolina March 7, 1907 Ionia, Mich. March 6 - The Ionia county poor house, located four miles from this city, burned this afternoon. There were 60 inmates in the house at the time, but it is thought all have been rescued. There was no fire protection at the poor farm. The building was valued at $11,000. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/mi/ionia/newspapers/countypo187gnw.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/mifiles/ File size: 0.9 Kb