The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗Bolan got its start in the year 1886, following construction of the railroad through that territory. Bolan was platted the next year.
Bolan's population was 50 in 1902, and 57 in 1925. The population was 24 in 1940.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Bolan’s history is told.
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Before
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No old photos in the archives yetWeddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.
📷 Add from your albumNational Register of Historic Places
Nothing in Bolan is on the National Register yet
That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Bolan has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Chicago, Milwaukee, and St. Paul Railroad-Grafton Station in Grafton, 4 miles away.
Bolan and the nearest listed places
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Closest to Bolan
How a place gets listed
1Talk to the stateEvery nomination goes through the State Historic Preservation Office. Owners, towns and historical societies can start one.
2Try a local or state list firstMany states keep their own register with a shorter form, a common first step for old barns, halls and schoolhouses.
3Write it upA nomination covers the history, photos and a map. Chicago, Milwaukee, and St. Paul Railroad-Grafton Station’s page links to a real one.
Know an old place in Bolan?A mill, a schoolhouse, a cellar hole, a church: add a photo of it to Bolan’s story, or a memory of it.
📷 Add a photo of an old placeNational Park Service, National Register of Historic Places · photos from Wikimedia Commons
Then & now
When neighbors add old photos, retakes from the same spot appear here side by side.