What was happening in Lawrence County during the first week of March 1880? Seed potatoes and garden seeds were for sale at Watts in...

When we were going through our photo files for Lawrenceville businesses, we found this photo. It was filed with the 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...

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....

John D. Sage, one of the leading millers in Lawrence County Illinois, was born December 14, 1820, in Ontario, New York, to Jonathan W....

A review of the local news from the Vincennes, Mt Carmel and Lawrence County newspapers for November 1879. The shareholders of the...

A review of the news around the county in August 1879 Rural Republican Friday August 1, 1879 Watermelons were ripe and selling for a...

In November 1909 William E Ridgley and Al Noonan established the Bridgeport Auto Company in a 20 x 40 ft building at 214 Washington...

Brian Lumber Company was founded in Sumner Illinois in 1885 by John Brian. It was first located on the south side of the railroad tracks...