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The 20th President of the United States was James Abram Garfield, who incidentally was the last president to be born in a log cabin. He...
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Lawrence Lore
- 5 days ago
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Boy Kicked by Horse 1901
George Christian Schonert was born near Bellmont, lL, November 17, 1890, the third son of George Henry and Helen J Carter Schonert. On...
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Lawrence Lore
- 7 days ago
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Witch in Lawrenceville
Apparently eighty years ago, there was an encounter with an armed weapon over a Witch in Lawrenceville as reported in the Lawrence County...
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Lawrence Lore
- Nov 27
- 1 min
None of Your Business
HISTORICAL SOCIETY PRESENTS: "NONE OF YOUR BUSINESS!" The Lawrence County Historical Society will present a special program at its next...
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Lawrence Lore
- Nov 25
- 1 min
None of Your Business
For two hundred years businesses have flourished around the Lawrenceville Square. The passage of time has seen many changes in property...
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Lawrence Lore
- Nov 16
- 2 min
Abe's Cow, Daphne
The following poem was written by Martin Conrad Pinkstaff, who worked at the gas station in Gordon, Illinois. He had been interviewed by...
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Lawrence Lore
- Nov 14
- 1 min
Child's Hand Car
Look for the above Child's Hand Car in our Vintage Toy Exhibit at the History Center. The researchers found an ad for a similar riding...
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Lawrence Lore
- Nov 11
- 3 min
Magdalene Fern (Angle) Fleckenstein
Written May 2022 by Julia Randall Most everyone has looked at something old at one time and thought If that item could “talk,” I wonder...
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Lawrence Lore
- Nov 9
- 3 min
Movers and Shakers
From a book about the English Settlement in Edwards County, Illinois, founded in 1817, John K discovered some interesting black history...
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Lawrence Lore
- Nov 7
- 2 min
"Bury me under an old oak tree.."
From a copy of letter received from Sarah Gaddey Ridgley by Vera Beard Kirham in 1941. Researchers believe that the grandfather referred...
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