Lawrence Lore
- Nov 17
- 1 min
Samuel Kinkaid
Taken from 'The History of Edwards, Lawrence and Wabash Counties, Illinois' first published in 1883, page 301: "Samuel Kincaid was a...
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Lawrence Lore
- Aug 30
- 3 min
Great Turnout for Program
Todd Carr spoke about the legend and lore of the Crenshaw Slave House Monday Night August 28, 2023 to a full house. The audience kept him...
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Lawrence Lore
- Jul 26
- 3 min
What Happened Here? The Massacre
A ghastly tale of murder and mayhem occurred in the historic area we have been featuring this week. Details were published at the time...
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Lawrence Lore
- Jul 25
- 3 min
What Happened Here? The Mill
John Small was the Sheriff of Knox County in 1790, serving as a representative of the Judicial Court system and trying to maintain peace...
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Lawrence Lore
- Jul 24
- 2 min
What Happened Here?
This week we will be posting a series of blogs called What Happened Here. Focusing on one area in the county we will try to list all the...
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Lawrence Lore
- May 10
- 1 min
Mystery of the Cart Path Farms
Those of us who are native to the area on either the west or east bank of the Wabash River in the vicinity of Vincennes and interested in...
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Lawrence Lore
- Mar 2
- 4 min
Death by Duel
(Republished from the old blog) An Act for the Prevention of Vice and Immorality from 1787 for the Northwest Territory prohibited...
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