Hyatt Madding voted for Herbert Hoover in the Presidential Election of 1932 and lost his bet about the election outcome with Leslie Hildreth, who voted for Franklin D. Roosevelt. The winner of the bet had to push the loser in a wheelbarrow down Main Street in Bridgeport. This picture was taken at the corner of Main Street and Chestnut Street in downtown Bridgeport. Pictured, left to right: Unknown, State Patrolman Charles Baker, Leslie Hildreth, Hyatt Madding, Unknown, a

The 20-millionth Ford car on a countrywide tour visited Lawrenceville on October 30, 1931. Arriving shortly before 9:00 a.m. in a caravan that included twenty of the new Model A Fords, the delegation stopped at the A L Maxwell Company showroom where the drivers were welcomed by Mayor CL Holson. Mayor Holson, Chief of Police William Stivers, and GL Eshelman and GC Armstrong of the Chamber of Commerce accepted an invitation to ride in the Ford and inscribe their names in the l

Roy Hayden of Vincennes opened his miniature automobile (midget) racing bowl in July 1946 located on the blacktop road north of May Chapel Church known then as the George Field Road between Lawrenceville and Vincennes. He called it the Lawrence County Speedway. The track was a fifth of a mile. He advertised nationally known drivers and racing cars from Indiana, Illinois, Ohio, Kentucky and Florida would appear. A chartered bus service for fans, leaving from Vincennes City

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

Vital Statistics for the Year 1940 Lawrence County Total Births in the County: 803 Total Deaths: 193 (two stillborn and 7 cases recorded as miscellaneous) (Not sure how a death could be classified as "miscellaneous" . . .you were either dead or you weren't. . . ) By Township Allison: 34 births, 5 deaths, 1 stillborn and 4 miscellaneous Bond: 56 births, 13 deaths Bridgeport: 12 births, 28 deaths Christy: 94 births, 23 deaths Denison: 133 births, 22 deaths Lawrence: 176 bir

Lawrence County News November 14, 1928 IN HONOR OF COMRADES Men of Indian Erect Monument to Memory of Those Who Died in Service A monument to the memory of the men who have been killed in the service of the Indian Refining Company was unveiled with impressive ceremonies Monday afternoon, Company L and members of the American Legion participating in the ceremonies. Fully one thousand people were present on the company grounds when a beautiful silk flag was placed at half mast

Christmas 1944 George Field: Col Bobzien and 3000 presents for the soldiers The Research Library and History Center will be closed the week of December 21-27.

We know how busy this time of year is going to be for everyone with shopping, decorating, wrapping etc. so we present “gift buying through the decades” –five days of gifts that Lawrence County residents were purchasing locally. Today showcases December 1940.

We know how busy this time of year is going to be for everyone with shopping, decorating, wrapping etc. so we present “gift buying through the decades” –five days of gifts that Lawrence County residents were purchasing locally. Today showcases December 1930.

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