Research shows that the greatest risk factors for homelessness are lack of support and social isolation after discharge. Veterans have low marriage rates and high divorce rates; and, currently, 1 in 5 veterans is living alone.
Madrid, located in present day Douglas Township, is the oldest town in Boone County. The first resident of Boone County, Charles W. Gaston of Pennsylvania, settled in the Madrid area in 1846 where he married his second wife, Anna C. Dalander..
The Logan County Singing Convention was started in Johnson County in 1872, as Logan County did not exist at that time. It has met in Logan County, formed in 1873, every year since. Booneville is located about 150 miles northwest of Little Rock and 40 miles southeast of Fort Smith.