May 7th, 1880  The strawberry crop promised to be abundant . Justus Struble sold two large draft horses cheap. B L Cunningham purchased...

April 23rd, 1880 On Sand Ridge, wheat was thriving after the rain. The weather was warm. Peach trees were blooming as were apple trees....

April 16th, 1880 Rural Republican and Vincennes Weekly Sun The editor of the Rural Republican advised her readers to “Lay the overcoat...

Old winter had almost “marched” out in April of 1880. Sumner News:  Business improved as the roads got better.  The surplus wheat that...

The stone pillars shown below were likely placed to mark the original property boundaries of the Dowell Greenhouse property on Lexington...

From the Vincennes Weekly Gazette published January 31, 1867, a writer describes the businesses in Lawrenceville at that time.  ...

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....

We are trying to identify these houses that were pictured in the newspaper in 1938. Perhaps someone can "Google map" them and send us a...

Dr Silas Hall was born July 29, 1849, in Wood County Virginia to Bushrod and Mary Ross Hall.   He is shown living with his parents in...

The fact that a half a barrel of cussedness is frequently found in a two-quart boy has never been explained. Apples and potatoes are...