Floating Shoeboxes
The Research Library and History Center will be closed the week of December 21-27. Flatboats were used for trips down to New Orleans to sell excess farm products. These trips generally lasted about 90 days, not including the walk back north because the lumber in the flatboats was sold as well. These rectangular flat- bottomed boats had no keels making them more difficult to steer than an ordinary boat. In essence, they were just floating shoeboxes. About 1827, the Dubois Brot
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Dec 26, 20253 min read
Hey Kids, Want to Go for a Walk. . . to Illinois?
The Research Library and History Center will be closed the week of December 21-27. The Kelsey Family of the Bethel Community in Lukin William Stinson Kelsey and Harriet Blanchard Chamberlain were married in Norwich, Vermont. Eight children were born to this marriage: William Henry, George Thomas, Charles Dexter, Francis, Albert Curtis, Harriet Elizabeth, James Edward and John. William Stinson died on August 3, 1849, leaving his widow with eight children between four and e
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Dec 23, 20253 min read
Steamboats on the Wabash
As early as May 15, 1819, the Western Star , a newspaper printed in Vincennes, reported that Thomas Emison ran a keelboat for freight up...
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Jul 4, 20255 min read
Russellville Ferry
Previous Lawrence County researchers have stated that the first ferry was in operation before 1818 by a Mr. Lamphere near the junction of...
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Jun 27, 20252 min read
More about Betsey Reed
Dann M Norton has graciously agreed to allow me to post two of his blog articles about Betsey Reed. They are both excellent and shed...
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Jun 25, 20251 min read
Recruitment of Local Soldiers of Color-Civil War
In reviewing soldiers’ Civil War records, the researchers soon discovered that many from this county enlisted in other places. That came...
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Jun 19, 20256 min read
Business in Russellville
Mills Russellville like all other early towns, had a saw- and a grist-mill. As seen earlier in the history of the town, August, Andrew...
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Jun 13, 20254 min read
Russellville
Russellville is the only town in Russell township. It covers a total area of .47 square miles, according to the 2010 census. In 2000 the...
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Jun 6, 20256 min read
Corrieville
Adam Corrie, concerned about the unrest in England after the French Revolution, sent his son, John, to America to purchase land. In...
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Jun 2, 20251 min read