The Asylum Located
As most of the readers of the Bulletin already know, the Asylum for the Insane for West Tennessee, has been located by the Commissioners, appointed by the Legislature, on the Paul T. JONES place, two and one half miles west of Bolivar. The selection was made by the unanimous vote of the Commission, which shows that they had no difficult in arriving at the conclusion that the Jones site was the most suitable in West Tennessee… Near the Jones site is a beautiful lake, fed by three large springs, which affords at least 250,000 gallons per day, of as pure water as West Tennessee can boast of.

The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.), 08 Jan. 1886, Page 3. Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers. Lib. of Congress.