“scrape, scrub and spray”
Time has taken its toll on the older tombstones in our county cemeteries. One would not know this from looking at Find-a- Grave photos...
Lawrence Lore
Apr 19, 20234 min read
Happenings at the Historical Society
MUSEUM INTERNSHIP PROGRAM: Interning at the Historical Society is an excellent opportunity for High School or College Students, to...
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Apr 16, 20231 min read
Save the Date
April 14 2023.....History Center....7:00 pm "Documenting and Restoring Our Heritage" by Marilyn Wagner, Nancy King and John Fish Watch...
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Apr 13, 20231 min read
Happy Easter
We have Easter postcards. . . . And we have photographs of Lawrence County residents celebrating Easter and even a few vintage Easter...
Lawrence Lore
Apr 7, 20231 min read
A Look Back at Water Ways-2016
People are drawn to water, and the Historical Society certainly found that to be true, in 2016, when the traveling Smithsonian Exhibit,...
Lawrence Lore
Apr 5, 20231 min read
Pinkstaff Inventors
Two researchers recently contacted the Historical Society about two inventors from the Pinkstaff area in the 1900s -Mark Bowman and...
Lawrence Lore
Mar 18, 20232 min read
Miles of Yellow Daffodils...
Ed Whittaker was instrumental in planting these daffodils 70-80 years ago and they have spread from the intersection of 1620 N Pollard...
Lawrence Lore
Mar 16, 20231 min read
Photos on the Move
For the enjoyment of the patients and their guests, the management at the United Methodist Home hung framed vintage photographs of the...
Lawrence Lore
Jan 24, 20231 min read
Refinery's Christmas Tree
Lawrence County News December 28, 1950 The employees of the Texas Company have arranged a large Christmas tree at the plant that is...
Lawrence Lore
Dec 23, 20221 min read
"Adopt-a-Stone"
We are still taking donations for our cemetery project. When you see your family members this holiday season, why not suggest adopting a...
Lawrence Lore
Dec 12, 20221 min read