Jacksonville Journal Courier
The way we were: Perry prospered in early years
Jacksonville Journal Courier
Booneville, which was laid out on land owned by Scholl, originally had 64 lots, each 66 feet by 139 feet, grouped around a public square. ... Booneville later was named Perry, in honor of Commodore Oliver Hazard Perry, a naval hero of the War of 1812.



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