HISTORY CENTER OPEN SUNDAY APRIL 12 1-3 Dresses of the Decades Exhibit (Will be closing in May) Don't foarget to register for the Find Your Patriot program Contact: Lawrence County Historical Society lawrencelore@gmail.com or 908-208-2372 Event: Find Your Patriot – Genealogy Research Program Dates: April 18, April 25, and May 2, 2026 Time: 9:00 a.m. Cost: $76.00 Location: Lawrence County Historical Society Research Library, Lawrencevi Vincennes Morning Commercial January

The first "Farmers’ Institute," was a three-day event held in December,1902 at the County Courthouse. This event was like the county fair, but without rides or ‘fried anything’. Attendance was limited to county exhibitors, admission was free, and enthusiasm was apparently unlimited. The Lawrenceville Republican ran several front-page articles leading up to the event, and the December 11 issue proudly published the winners in the various classes. Conservative estimates (which

This photograph was donated to the us with only the name scribbled on the back (spelled incorrectly, I might add) and that he may have taught in the Sumner area. To properly file the photo we needed to know more about him. Google said the uniform was Civil War but Google was wrong. John King said it was Spanish American. We gave it to Marilyn W. with the instructions to learn more about the man. She began by doing a genealogical search and in the process learned that Anc

U of I Professor of Zoology, Maurice C Tanquary, born and raised in Lawrence County, was a member of the American Arctic Crocker Land expedition that sailed from New York July 2, 1913, with the main object of reaching and mapping the northern land which Rear Admiral Robert E Peary reported sighting in 1906 and which he named Crocker Land. Led by ethnologist Donald B MacMillan the 1913 expedition was funded by the Natural History Museum in New York, the American (National) G

G eorge McKinley Claycomb arrived in this world on November 24, 1845, in Monroe City Knox County Indiana. He was a twin to Elias, Jr both sons of Elias Claycomb Sr. , son of Revolutionary War veteran Frederick Claycomb . Their father, Elias Sr died October 1845, a month before the twins were born, setting the tone for a life that would rarely follow the easy path. Their mother, Elizabeth Couchman, died when the twins were only 14 months of age. The other siblings were se

Our local researchers like to say that if you look hard enough you will find Lawrence County people playing a role in every part of American history. Here is just one example. Railroads played a pivotal role in shaping settlement across North Dakota, and their land‑selling campaigns were as influential as the tracks themselves. After receiving vast land grants from the federal government, railroad companies marketed these acres aggressively to homesteaders, immigrants, and an

In 1908 Lafayette Perkins laid out Arlington Heights Subdivision located on the west side of town bounded by on the north by Church Street, east by Kenwood Avenue, south by Depot Street, and west by Lexington Avenue, He was known as the Home Seeker’s Friend and had an office across from the First National Bank with Mr. Dickirson and Mr. Milligan. He offered a $1.00 prize to readers who would answer the questions he posed. The answers were published in the newspaper. Why will

Dr. Harlie V. Lewis, the oldest physician in Lawrence County in 1939, died at his home at 809 13th St at 3:25 pm Saturday February 1. He suffered a stroke at 8:30 that morning and his condition was considered serious from the first. Dr. Lewis had been in his usual health the last month except for a slight cold that had confined him to his home in the latter part of that week. Dr. Lewis was born in Bridgeport, Illinois, the son o f William M. Lewis and Katherine Eaton Lewis

George W Glover held the record for being in the same line of business longer than anyone in Lawrenceville at the time of his death. He opened his confectionery on the West side of the square on a Sunday morning in March 1942 to begin the second half of a century in business. He had completed 50 years when he closed the store Saturday night. Fifty years in one city is a long time when one considers that he worked seven days a week, including the holidays. Arriving at noon M

A few weeks ago a reader rquested an article that had appeared on the old blog ( before Google deided that blog was spam and deleted it from the web, and yes we are still mad about that but moving on.....) Anway here is the post again. July 23, 1909 The Oil City Derrick (Oil City, Pennsylvania) The record of the Diver farm is wonderful and has never been equaled in production nor in longevity of the wells. The John Dive r farm of 35 acres located a mile south of Bridgeport