

"Treated Us Super"
Ray Burnett, Combat Crew Radio Operator 65th Troop Carrier Squadron, described his experience at George Field for the 1996 reunion. “I...

Lawrence Lore
Jul 29, 20251 min read


George Field Civilian Employees
In 1941, the location of George Field (Army Air Force Field) was a sparsely settled stretch of Illinois Prairie in Lawrence County where...

Lawrence Lore
Jul 21, 20252 min read
Fields of Dreams
Mordecai Brown's passion for baseball was so great that even after his retirement from the major leagues he could not leave the game and...

Lawrence Lore
Jul 3, 20251 min read


Circus Fame at Poor Farm
“Samuel Armor , 94, died August 25, 1937, at the County home (Poor Farm) near Bridgeport. Deceased was born in Kentucky March 12, 1842,...

Lawrence Lore
Jul 1, 20251 min read


doctors vs fisikins
I found this essay that a little boy had written for the Lawrence County News in 1931 . (My computer kept wanting to auto correct all...

Lawrence Lore
Jun 24, 20251 min read
Business in Russellville
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...

Lawrence Lore
Jun 13, 20254 min read


Accidents at George Field
Flight training was a dangerous operation. There were many planes in the air at once and they did a lot of night flying in all kinds of...

Lawrence Lore
Jun 5, 20251 min read


Time to Get your Bathing Suit On. . .
From the Madding collection circa 1940s

Lawrence Lore
Jun 3, 20251 min read


C.C.C. of Lawrenceville
Thankis to Norbert Brown for sharing this photo.

Lawrence Lore
May 19, 20251 min read





