Circus Boat Comes to Russellville
The Floating Palace The Spaulding and Rogers Circus Company aboard the renowned Floating Palace showboat made its inaugural appearance at...
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Jul 11, 20252 min read
Steamboats on the Wabash
As early as May 15, 1819, the Western Star , a newspaper printed in Vincennes, reported that Thomas Emison ran a keelboat for freight up...
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Jul 4, 20255 min read
Russellville Ferry
Previous Lawrence County researchers have stated that the first ferry was in operation before 1818 by a Mr. Lamphere near the junction of...
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Jun 27, 20252 min read
Russellville Post Office
The Russellville post office was established in 1835. By 1870 a large frame building, part store-part post office, was located on Water...
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Jun 20, 20252 min read
Business in Russellville
Mills Russellville like all other early towns, had a saw- and a grist-mill. As seen earlier in the history of the town, August, Andrew...
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Jun 13, 20254 min read
Russellville
Russellville is the only town in Russell township. It covers a total area of .47 square miles, according to the 2010 census. In 2000 the...
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Jun 6, 20256 min read
Little Village
Don't forget to attend the LHS play, “Voices from the Hanging” on TONIGHT Friday, May 23, 2025, at 7 p.m. in the LHS auditorium. (It's...
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May 23, 20254 min read
Land Title and Deeds
In the last half of the 17th century Marquette, Hennepin, Joliet and LaSalle explored the county drained by the Mississippi and Ohio...
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May 16, 20252 min read
Creating Counties and Townships
Russell Township lies in the northeast corner of Lawrence County, Illinois bounded on the north by Crawford County, on the east by the...
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May 9, 20252 min read
Doctors in Russellville
In the early history of Russellville, men with some medical expertise took care of the residents and those in the surrounding area....
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Apr 4, 20252 min read