Second Lieutenant  (Air Corps) Vernon L Burda was a navigator on a B-24 bomber in the Army Air Corps during World War II. Burda was captured by German forces after his aircraft was shot down on or about July 16, 1944, and was held as a Prisoner of War until his return to U.S. Military Control at the end of hostilities in May 1945. (This is a long article but the ending will make you cry.) While not a resident of Lawrence County, Burda’s experiences were recorded in the George

During the Depression in Lawrence County, a drive was held to raise a sufficient sum of money to care for the needs of the deserving poor of Lawrenceville during the coming winter. People able to contribute to the fund responded very liberally, but the amount asked for had not yet been raised in the fall of 1931. Many of the merchants agreed to donate food and clothing in lieu of money subject to the order of Mrs. George Nunn, while others promised peaches and other fruit whe

During the depression times were hard for the people of Lawrence County. In August 1931, the Lawrence County News noted that peaches used to sell for $3 to $5 a bushel but were then selling for 50 cents to $1.50 a bushel and the local orchardists were facing a financial loss.  Three railroad cars of peaches were shipped from the Van Syoc Orchard near Sumner but most of the orchardists were delivering the fruit by way of the highways using trucks for the larger shipments and

Bridgeport Leader December 30 th , 1943 Benjamin Joseph Gowen Jr, 30 and wife Ruth Cowen, were instantly killed when a plane from George...

1943 From the Visitors Guide to George Field published a year after the activation of the Field. George Field may be approached over a...

This ad ran in the Daily Record December 10, 1948. Does anyone have any photos of Shupperts Tourist Court? Contact lawrencelore@gmail.com

Vincennes Sun Commercial : June 16, 1931 Lieutenant Schilt, who is visiting Olney, flies over Lawrenceville Saturday afternoon.  ...

The great Lawrence County flood in 1943 cost several lives and caused a great loss of crops for area farmers. Large areas of protected...

Turk Wagner joins the Neptune Club. The number of “short snorters” and double “shellbacks” among WAC’s serving in the Pacific is growing...

Staff Sergeant   William W Kaiser shared his experiences at George Field at the 1996 Reunion. Wendall Kaiser was a brother to Gene...