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...

(We have combined two weeks of local news into one blog post –-May 28, 1880 and June 4, 1880. ) Twenty teams loaded with wheat from near...

From the Madding collection circa 1940s

Adam Corrie, concerned about the unrest in England after the French Revolution, sent his son, John, to America to purchase land. In...

Prior histories of Lawrence County state that Russellville began in 1809. The town of Russellville itself didn’t exist until 1835 but...

FUNERAL TOMORROW FOR PART-OWNER OF BARBEQUE RIG   As reported by an Indiana paper on October 1, 1963, George Rice, 45, died from injuries...

David Foote, our correspondent from Crawford County, responded to the earlier blog about Jesse Dubois. Following the Pres. Lincoln and...

I am certain many of you are aware that the Historical Society has been working in various cemeteries on stone restoration. We have...

This scan is from a tiny black and white photo 1.5 x 2" taken in 1938 of the Indy 500. It was found in the Madding Collection. Many...

We were informed that last week's news of 1880 had not been published so we post it here today. This is what your ancestors would have...