Dan Shearer presented an excellent program on the history of the Lawrenceville Greenhouse this past Monday night for the Historical...

Saturday September 23 the volunteers were cleaning stones at Moffett Cemetery. With 300 plus stones to clean, we need all the volunteers...

Once again a group of volunteers met at Moffet Cemetery, Saturday morning at 8:00 a.m September 16, and cleaned stones for about 1 1/2...

We will be cleaning tombstones again this Saturday September 13, 2023, at 8:00 am at Moffett Cemetery again. Directions from...

The Fisher Price Farm (1968) the House (1969), and the Garage (1970) were followed by the School (1972). Over the years more "peg"...

LEGEND AND LORE OF THE CRENSHAW SLAVE HOUSE WILL BE TOPIC AT NEXT HISTORICAL SOCIETY MEETING Todd Carr, a Southern Illinois historian and...

Dear Readers, Currently I am sending out over 8000 emails of the blog a month. That is technically over the 200 emails per month that our...

This object came in with a collection of items several years ago, and the researchers have yet to figure out what it is or what its...

Until the 17th century garments had no pockets so handbags were used to store and carry personal belongings. Both functional and...

Readers, many of you will remember, (and hopefully enjoyed), the Smithsonian Traveling exhibit, Water Ways, in Lawrence County a few...