Boys Town, built on a farm 10 miles from Omaha, was the result. The center was open to all. There were no fences to stop the boys from leaving. Fr. Flanagan said he was “not building a prison." ...

BOYS TOWN, Neb. – The Rev. Steven Boes told another ... of boys and eventually built a “City of Little Men” on an old farm site. It's a well-worn tale told again and again at Boys Town.

Four years later, he established another institute on a farm 10 miles outside the city for boys between the ages of 10 and 16—what would soon become known as “Boys Town.” Boys Town would ...

It was to become the most bustling piece of the former Boys Town farm, a sort of downtown with pop-up shops, dining places, apartments, hotel rooms, outdoor big screen TV and entertainment. As ...