Early Brickyards
Most of the brick made in the county was shaped by the soft mud process in which molds holding one, two, or three bricks were filled with...
Lawrence Lore
Apr 141 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
Easter Finery
Spring 1920 Mrs. W E McCarty of Pinkstaff advertised that she had new spring hats. Mrs. Thompson advertised she had spring hats at her...
Lawrence Lore
Apr 21 min read
Foregoes
What was happening in Lawrence County during the first week of March 1880? Seed potatoes and garden seeds were for sale at Watts in...
Lawrence Lore
Mar 104 min read
Station at State and 10th
When we were going through our photo files for Lawrenceville businesses, we found this photo. It was filed with the Texaco station...
Lawrence Lore
Feb 71 min read
Christy's Texaco Station
The lower left-hand corner of the picture above is now the landscaped corner at State and 11th street. The white shed-like building is...
Lawrence Lore
Feb 62 min read
News of January 1880
The year 1880 was to be an eventful one. The census of the United States would be taken, a new President elected, and it was a leap year....
Lawrence Lore
Jan 296 min read
Before Flour Came in Paper 5-pound Bags
John D. Sage, one of the leading millers in Lawrence County Illinois, was born December 14, 1820, in Ontario, New York, to Jonathan W....
Lawrence Lore
Jan 165 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
August 1879
A review of the news around the county in August 1879 Rural Republican Friday August 1, 1879 Watermelons were ripe and selling for a...
Lawrence Lore
Nov 13, 20248 min read