The Bridgeport newspaper correspondent for the Mt Carmel Reporter published the story about the wedding of George M Whittaker and Mrs....

Soldiers returning from WWII faced a dismal housing shortage.  To accommodate them, Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co developed a completely...

The Vincennes newspapers carried the news of St Francisville as often, if not more, than the Lawrenceville newspapers. However, the facts...

Please readers, be careful out there when you are driving over the holidays. The Vincennes (Ind.) Commercial , December 27, 1930 Lyman...

September 5th, 1879 W L Gray sold his interest in the Bridgeport store of Buchanan & Co to J M Buchanan . Warner Bros rented the upper...

Did your ancestor own a car in 1910? Here are the automobile licenses issued by the Illinois Secretary of State from July 1 1910 to...

The sticker says "Livery in early Bridgeport Il" and the sign on the building says "South Side Livery" Several ads were found for South...

Here are some photos of Kings Hill Bridge west of Bridgeport over the railroad tracks. The top one may have been taken shortly after it...

Clarissa Powers White was born about 1830 and was raised in Lawrence County Illinois where she remained a resident for many years after...

From Lawrence County Commissioner’s Book June Term 5th day of 1843 County Commissioners Victor Buchanan and James Nabb ordered that Dr....