Lawrence Lore
- Apr 4
- 1 min
charivari: a noisy serenade
The editor of the Sumner Press wrote a remembrance Miss Mary Small only daughter of William Small, one of the first settlers of Lawrence...
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Lawrence Lore
- Mar 14
- 2 min
Bridgeport 1862
In a published letter to the Mount Carmel Registrar newspaper, signed only as "an old resident of Bridgeport," the writer wondered why...
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Lawrence Lore
- Feb 16
- 1 min
How Many Did You Say?
Title: Population of Lawrence County Population of Lawrence County as given in The Blue Book of State of Illinois, Compiled by the Sec....
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Lawrence Lore
- Feb 6
- 5 min
Lukin News
If Lukin had a Facebook page in 1891 the posts might have read something like this. The following are excerpts from the Sumner Press...
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Lawrence Lore
- Jan 19
- 4 min
Birds News January - June 1885
D Foote researched the Robinson Constitiution newspaper for news of Lawrence County during the period of January- June 1885. Jan 21, 1885...
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Lawrence Lore
- Jan 2
- 3 min
First Bridge over the Wabash
Prior to 1863 there was no bridge over the Wabash into Vincennes from Illinois. The Editor of the Weekly Vincennes Gazette encouraged...
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