Lawrence Lore
- Feb 19
- 2 min
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...
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Lawrence Lore
- Feb 16
- 1 min
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....
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Lawrence Lore
- Feb 5
- 1 min
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...
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Lawrence Lore
- Feb 2
- 2 min
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...
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Lawrence Lore
- Jan 19
- 4 min
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...
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Lawrence Lore
- Jul 20, 2023
- 1 min
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...
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