In 1911, one could travel to Los Angeles or San Francisco from Lawrenceville on the B & O Railroad round trip for $62.00. That same amount would also purchase a round-trip ticket to Portland or Seattle. For $27.60, one could travel to Philadelphia and back: $30 would purchase a round-trip ticket to New York City. In 1921, the B & O Railroad offered a popular excursion from Lawrenceville to St. Louis on Sunday, August 14. A round-trip ticket cost $3.00. Children 5 years and

August 9, 1930 Daily Record "Considerable excitement and congestion of traffic at the City Hall corner (11th and State, Lawrenceville) resulted about 10:30 this morning when dozens of people gathered to inspect an Austin coupe, the baby of the motoring world. The tiny car has been seen by about 2000 people at the Wolfe Garage in St. Francisville, B.F. Wolfe estimated today, since it was driven in from the factory at Butler, Pennsylvania. The machine is less than five feet

The Jamie Rae This photograph is of the Steamboat known as the Jamie Rae taken at Hutsonville 1890. The Jamie Ray was the last large steamboat to quit the Wabash River. She began operating on the River during the 1870's as a packet boat and up to the early 1890's was used as an excursion boat. The boat was one of the largest and most pretentious ever operated on the Wabash. In this photograph the boat was carrying an excursion party. A notation on the back of the old picture

February 18th, 1881 (Forgive us, we are a little bit behind in the old news, so this is really OLD news) The editor described the night before as so mild and moonlit that even the frost couldn't resist joining the party. But rain then followed bringing gloom. In the morning for sake of variety, the county was having rain and sunshine at the same time. The wicked Wabash was still on the rampage. The classic old stream became more and more frightful each minute of the day. Hun

The 20-millionth Ford car on a countrywide tour visited Lawrenceville on October 30, 1931. Arriving shortly before 9:00 a.m. in a caravan that included twenty of the new Model A Fords, the delegation stopped at the A L Maxwell Company showroom where the drivers were welcomed by Mayor CL Holson. Mayor Holson, Chief of Police William Stivers, and GL Eshelman and GC Armstrong of the Chamber of Commerce accepted an invitation to ride in the Ford and inscribe their names in the l

Train Accident March 10, 1955 Two prominent Lawrenceville citizens were victims of a fatal train-truck crash just north of Pinkstaff at 11:45 am when the south bound New York Central Train struck the pick-up truck in which they were riding. The men, Frank Bray, retired assistant postmaster was instantly killed while his companion, Lyman Emmons, former state senator and prominent Lawrenceville funeral director, died at the Lawrence County Memorial Hospital at 1:40 o’clock

November 19th, 1880 Old man winter had pitched his tent right here and looked like he was going to stay. The sudden cold spell with six inches of snow made one hustle along lively to the fire. All the weather prophets predicted a cold winter. Miss Mary Buntin was still very ill. William Laws of Sumner would be the Deputy Sheriff after December. Isaac Shields of Birds Station moved to Olney and was reading law with Judge A Shaw . The Dedication of the Pleasant Ridge Chri

Don't forget to register for Thursday morning's opening program (November 6 10:00 at the History Center) featuring 'Stories from the Wardrobe: The Dresses and the Ladies who Wore Them', by Curator, Nancy King. Admission $10 Goodie bags will be provided. Seating is limited to 25 people. Reservations required and can be made by calling 908-208-2372. An article was published in the annual report of Chief of Engineers of the U.S. Army to the Secretary of War for the yea r 1893

Yesterday the post was about the number of cars sold in Lawrence County in the 1920s by A L Maxwell. Today we reveal who bought those...

Several years ago, one of our researchers , J King, found the following interesting article in a magazine described as the first...