

Accidents at George Field
Flight training was a dangerous operation. There were many planes in the air at once and they did a lot of night flying in all kinds of...

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Jun 51 min read
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Bridgeport Men in WWII
News of Boys in Service October 15, 1942 Bridgeport Leader  Word has been received of the change of address of Junior Chapman. He...

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May 212 min read
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Mystery Sign
Saturday, a wonderful couple from Cumberland County Illinois drove down and donated this sign to the Historical Society. They had...

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May 141 min read
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Wingfoot Homes in Bridgeport
Soldiers returning from WWII faced a dismal housing shortage. To accommodate them, Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co developed a completely...

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Jan 92 min read
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Two War Heros
Page 1 of The Daily Record, published in Lawrenceville, Illinois on Monday, November 24th, 1947 Bodies of two Lawrence County War Heroes...

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Nov 11, 20242 min read
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Whipping Post
At the jury term of 1827 the whipping post was yet in use in Lawrence County, and James Langley and Levi Rush were each sentenced to...

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Aug 16, 20241 min read
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Buried at Sea
Eugene Bailey, son of Mr. and Mrs. Ira Bailey graduated from Sumner High School with the class of 1941 and then attended Sanford Brown’s...

Lawrence Lore
Apr 24, 20242 min read
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