These two buildings operated at the same time in the late 1800's in Nevada, Missouri - Vernon County. The ornate building was the insane asylum. The other was the county jail. 1200 unknown graves were found on the asylum's property. Who they were was lost with the records. The state of Missouri had several large palace like insane asylums at operating at the time. Some were farms where the inmates worked the land, raised livestock and there were sewing factories as well. The interiors after viewing archived photos were quite resort like. Who were these insane people? Why were the outwardly treated (I'm sure the relief of the families who placed them there) like royalty?
