November 26th, 1880  The death of the editor prompted the following obituary: Died on Sunday morning November 21, 1880, at her residence, Miss Mary Buntin , editor of the newspaper, the Rural Republican, after a long-continued illness. “Thus early in her 29th year passed away one whom it was a pleasure to designate as the noblest young woman of our acquaintance. At an early day she was called to assume most of the cares and anxieties of an afflicted family in which the prom

The September 3 rd  and 10th, 1880 editions of the local newspapers noted that the beauty of the thoroughfares were hidden and the...

October 26 1900  Bridgeport Robbery Friday morning news was telephoned to Lawrenceville that the bank safe of Seed Brothers at...

The readers of the Rural Republican were shocked to read the headline on Friday August 13 1880 when they opened their newspapers. “One...

News of the Week ending with August 6 1880      SP Barton shipped 14,000 bushels of wheat in July.  Excursion tickets to Chicago were...

Lawrenceville Mill In Lawrence County the week of July 30, 1880, Mr. Cole repaired the Lawrenceville water-powered flour mill dam by...

The Rural Republican , an eight-page newspaper,  was published once a week on Friday by Miss Mary Buntin. The cost per year was $1.50...

July 16 1880   The moist and sultry atmosphere melted all the dignity of the city. Roasting ears were selling at $0.10 per dozen; the...

Don't forget the Donn Grenda program tonight 7:00 at the History Center!!! The 104th 4th of July was celebrated at Bridgeport and Sumner...

A recent Facebook post noted that a fire had occurred in Bridgeport on Friday the 13 th June 1913 and several readers proclaimed they...