Jazz is an American musical style originating from spirituals, blues, and ragtime traditions. Its development began in the early twentieth century in New Orleans. Prominent musicians such as Louis Armstrong and Jelly Roll Morton gained recognition by performing in Chicago nightclubs, leading to the emergence of a distinct Chicago jazz style. Three brothers from Sumner were very involved in the Chicago Jazz and Blues scene in the 1920s and 1930s. Walter, Lester and Frank Melro

Yesterday the post was about the number of cars sold in Lawrence County in the 1920s by A L Maxwell. Today we reveal who bought those...

Several years ago, one of our researchers , J King, found the following interesting article in a magazine described as the first...

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If the TV Show "Law and Order" filmed an episode in Lawrence County in September 1920 it would consist of these crimes: Hunting and...

On their way to Vote!  In September, 1920, the Attorney General notified County Clerk Steffey that it would not be necessary to have...

October 26 1900  Bridgeport Robbery Friday morning news was telephoned to Lawrenceville that the bank safe of Seed Brothers at...

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...

Vincennes Capital November 28, 1903: George Os­wald, a mussel digger, was arrested on a charge of intox­ication and along with him were...