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The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition.  2001-07.
 
Boys Town
 
 
village, Douglas co., E Nebr.; inc. 1936. The noted community was founded in 1917 by Father Edward J. Flanagan (1886–1948) for homeless or abandoned boys. The village is governed by the boys themselves and maintained by voluntary contributions. Girls were admitted for the first time in 1979.
 
 
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