Vain Desire to Share the Honor . . .
(We have combined two weeks of local news into one blog post –-May 28, 1880 and June 4, 1880. ) Twenty teams loaded with wheat from near...
Lawrence Lore
Jun 47 min read
Jesse Dubois's Suggestion
David Foote, our correspondent from Crawford County, responded to the earlier blog about Jesse Dubois. Following the Pres. Lincoln and...
Lawrence Lore
May 281 min read
"spank myself"
We were informed that last week's news of 1880 had not been published so we post it here today. This is what your ancestors would have...
Lawrence Lore
May 264 min read
" one irate father and one more irate son"
May 1880: William E Bond and Miss Dora A Taylor of Flat Rock were given a license to marry by the clerk of the Lawrence County. Thereby...
Lawrence Lore
May 152 min read
"10 Laziest Men"
The Rural Republican, published in Lawrenceville, Illinois on Friday, May 14th, 1880 The rain in the middle of May 1880 made the wheat...
Lawrence Lore
May 135 min read
Creating Counties and Townships
Russell Township lies in the northeast corner of Lawrence County, Illinois bounded on the north by Crawford County, on the east by the...
Lawrence Lore
May 92 min read
Dog gone. . .
May 7th, 1880 The strawberry crop promised to be abundant . Justus Struble sold two large draft horses cheap. B L Cunningham purchased...
Lawrence Lore
May 76 min read
“Gorgeous, Glittering Galaxy of Golden Glory”
Several Lawrence County residents traveled to Vincennes to see the Circus In other circus news: Friday, April 30th, 1880 At the matinee...
Lawrence Lore
May 61 min read
Cemetery Gate
The Trustees of the Presbyterian Church of Bridgeport arranged to give a public supper at O’ Donnell’s Hall in Bridgeport on the evening...
Lawrence Lore
Apr 291 min read
Salvation's Free
April 23rd, 1880 On Sand Ridge, wheat was thriving after the rain. The weather was warm. Peach trees were blooming as were apple trees....
Lawrence Lore
Apr 286 min read