"10 Laziest Men"
The Rural Republican, published in Lawrenceville, Illinois on Friday, May 14th, 1880 The rain in the middle of May 1880 made the wheat...
Lawrence Lore
May 135 min read
April 2 1880
Old winter had almost “marched” out in April of 1880. Sumner News: Business improved as the roads got better. The surplus wheat that...
Lawrence Lore
Apr 35 min read
"To Plow is to Pray"
A review of the local news from the Vincennes, Mt Carmel and Lawrence County newspapers for November 1879. The shareholders of the...
Lawrence Lore
Jan 79 min read
Bird Station News July thru December 1885
News of Bird Station, as it was then called in 1885, was reported in the Robinson Constitution. Research in these old newspapers was done...
Lawrence Lore
Nov 22, 20246 min read
Early Trains in Illinois
The first railway charter granted by the Illinois General Assembly was to the Chicago and Vincennes Railroad in 1835. The demand for...
Lawrence Lore
Feb 19, 20242 min read
How Many Did You Say?
Title: Population of Lawrence County Population of Lawrence County as given in The Blue Book of State of Illinois, Compiled by the Sec....
Lawrence Lore
Feb 16, 20241 min read
Birds Station, IL
After an earlier published post about early news of the village of Birds we received some photos of Birds that we did not have in our...
Lawrence Lore
Feb 5, 20241 min read
Hester Ann Adams 1845-1904
Mar 18, 1885 Mrs. Adams, of Bird Station, came to town on Saturday and bought one of those pretty New Home Sewing machines. The above...
Lawrence Lore
Feb 2, 20242 min read
Birds News January - June 1885
D Foote researched the Robinson Constitiution newspaper for news of Lawrence County during the period of January- June 1885. Jan 21, 1885...
Lawrence Lore
Jan 19, 20244 min read
This is a Hold-Up!
August 20, 1914 Lawrenceville Republican The quiet village of Birds was excited Saturday by the attempted hold- up of the cashier in...
Lawrence Lore
Jul 20, 20231 min read