Lawrence Lore
- Sep 13
- 3 min
Barbers of Lawrence County
One of our readers had a cutting edge idea.. . . An article on the history of Lawrence County Barbers. When was he growing up in...
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Lawrence Lore
- Jul 31
- 2 min
Gunsmiths of Lawrence County
Last week, Readers, you learned a lot about John Small and his impact on Lawrence County’s history long before Illinois was even granted...
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Lawrence Lore
- May 30
- 1 min
Train time at Birds circa 1880s.
Birds, in Lawrence County Illinois, was founded in 1878 when John Bird Jr. (1817-1903) son of John Bird (1785-1850) donated land for the...
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Lawrence Lore
- May 22
- 2 min
Two Drunks and a Wild Ride
Sumner Press Thursday January 11, 1883 “Your correspondent, accompanied by Ben Simmons, started for Beulah last Wednesday night when on...
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Lawrence Lore
- Apr 24
- 1 min
First School in St. Francisville
Sept 11, 1902 Lawrenceville Republican St Francisville: School began Monday with an enrollment of 141 pupils. .... The Catholic Sisters...
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Lawrence Lore
- Mar 20
- 1 min
Railroads and Railroad Towns
The first railway charter granted by the Illinois General Assembly was to the Chicago and Vincennes Railroad in 1835. The demand for...
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Lawrence Lore
- Mar 10
- 1 min
An Apple a Day
Agriculture Report for 1888 · 37,578 acres of corn yielded 30 bushes per acre. · 26,849 acres of wheat or 4 percent less...
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Lawrence Lore
- Mar 6
- 2 min
Eggs Twenty Cents a Dozen in 1883
Bridgeport News in the Rural Republican December 28, 1883 Several family reunions took place on Christmas. Only twenty-six Schmalhausen’s...
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Lawrence Lore
- Feb 28
- 2 min
1889 February Happenings
February 1888 News Gleaned from Rural Republican Chas. Parkinson, merchant St. Francisville, carried the best thread on the market--...
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