Number of Voters Who Could Not Read-20
July 16 1880 The moist and sultry atmosphere melted all the dignity of the city. Roasting ears were selling at $0.10 per dozen; the...
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Jul 17, 20256 min read
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
'Women Drivers'
June 1880: A runaway occurred three miles west of Lawrenceville in which three persons were pretty badly bruised. They were L Gosnell,...
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Jun 30, 20254 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
Worst Train Wreck in Lawrenceville's History, 1945
Two Killed and Six Injured in Worst Train Wreck in the History of Lawrenceville November 10, 1945 The most disastrous train wreck in the...
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May 5, 20253 min read
Where Can I Park My Car?
in 1939 Indian Refining Company decided they needed parking for their employees' cars.
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Apr 25, 20251 min read
Cars of the 20s and 30s
We received a shoe box full of old snapshots and look what we found! C R Wallace on a vintage truck with a spare tire on the side and a...
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Apr 17, 20251 min read
Going Someplace, Boys?
If these boys are planning on running away, they are not going without a goodbye kiss from Mother. Photos from the Madding Collection.
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Apr 16, 20251 min read
Country Living by P. Grounds
Some would say I was born in an amazing time, August 8, 1936. The only amazing facts that I know are of my birth and that, that summer...
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Mar 27, 20252 min read