Natives and Buffalos
Lawrence County prehistory is archeologically complex, spanning a wide range of time extending from the earliest known prehistoric time prior to the Paleoindian (ca 12,000-10,500 BC) up to the time of Euro-American settlement in the early nineteenth century. Our area, the central Wabash Valley, was one of the last major unknown archaeological areas of Illinois until the Illinois State Museum made archaeological excavations in the 1960’s. The period that existed until, and aft
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Dec 29, 20252 min read
Man's Best Friend
Dogs have long been considered "Man's Best Friend," with their partnership with humans dating back thousands of years. The oldest domesticated dog remains in North America, found at the Koster Site in Illinois, were buried alongside humans around 8,500 years ago. Lawrence County's archaeological history stretches from before the Paleoindian era (ca 12,000–10,500 BC) to early nineteenth-century Euro-American settlement. Were there any dogs in OUR early history? Our friends fro
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Dec 18, 20252 min read
Henry Bass and Mother Goose
Recently, our researcher has been working on organizing our family files and binders (we are still in the A’s). The Adams’ family binder...
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Jul 7, 20252 min read
Piper Ancestor
Manuscript on “Cromwell McVitty” prepared by Raymond Greene, Lewistown Pennsylvania August 28, 1934. Read before the...
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May 24, 20253 min read
Little Village
Don't forget to attend the LHS play, “Voices from the Hanging” on TONIGHT Friday, May 23, 2025, at 7 p.m. in the LHS auditorium. (It's...
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May 23, 20254 min read
Land Title and Deeds
In the last half of the 17th century Marquette, Hennepin, Joliet and LaSalle explored the county drained by the Mississippi and Ohio...
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May 16, 20252 min read
Central Wabash Archaeology Chapter
Explore the Historic Trails from Purgatory Swamp to the Five Mile House Robinson, IL – The Central Wabash Archaeology Chapter (CWAC)...
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Mar 18, 20252 min read
Black Revolutionary War Soldier
Jacob Gowen, an African American, was born in Henry County Virginia in the year 1762, but his birth records were lost according to him by...
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Feb 20, 20254 min read
Ezekiel, Indian Boy
According to an article written by Ruth Anderson Walker of the Northern Indiana Center for History for an unnamed newspaper May 7, 1995,...
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Sep 13, 20242 min read
Son Witnesses Murders
Jesse Anderson , a free African American, owned a farm about 2 ½ miles southwest of Fort Allison erected near Russellville Lawrence...
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Sep 10, 20242 min read