Jesse Anderson , a free African American, owned a farm about 2 ½ miles southwest of Fort Allison erected near Russellville Lawrence...

From the diary of Mr. Birbeck of Albion Illinois in 1817 wherein he described the Native Americans in Vincennes. “Vincennes exhibits a...

Edward Perry Fyffe was born in Fort Allison Illinois, during the Native American uprisings when the settlers were forced to inhabit the...

Archaeologists researching the Riverton Culture (2000-1000 BC) in Lawrence County have discovered that often the answer was Mussels. They...

Did you ever think about the obstacle the Wabash River posed to the early settlers going west? When Esau Johnson’s family purchased land...

Taken from 'The History of Edwards, Lawrence and Wabash Counties, Illinois' first published in 1883, page 301: "Samuel Kincaid was a...

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...

A ghastly tale of murder and mayhem occurred in the historic area we have been featuring this week. Details were published at the time...

John Small was the Sheriff of Knox County in 1790, serving as a representative of the Judicial Court system and trying to maintain peace...

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...