Sassafras Tea
Don't forget the Donn Grenda Program tonight Monday 14 7:00 History Center In the westerns, people were always asking for a bottle of...
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Jul 14, 20251 min read
Circus Boat Comes to Russellville
The Floating Palace The Spaulding and Rogers Circus Company aboard the renowned Floating Palace showboat made its inaugural appearance at...
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Jul 11, 20252 min read
"You Git!" she said. . .
Don't forget the Donn Grenda program tonight 7:00 at the History Center!!! The 104th 4th of July was celebrated at Bridgeport and Sumner...
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Jul 10, 20255 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
Circus Coming to Town 1880
Sumner was in full swing in Lawrence County the week of July 2, 1880. Blackberries and cream were on tables. The potato bug was eating...
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Jul 2, 20254 min read
'Women Drivers'
June 1880: A runaway occurred three miles west of Lawrenceville in which three persons were pretty badly bruised. They were L Gosnell,...
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Jun 30, 20254 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
Cure for Wayward Husbands
June 25th, 1880 Lots of folks around Lawrenceville had mumps. Henry A Clubb was acting as postmaster during the illness of Nellie...
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Jun 26, 20253 min read
Russellville Post Office
The Russellville post office was established in 1835. By 1870 a large frame building, part store-part post office, was located on Water...
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Jun 20, 20252 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