Program Monday March 24 7 pm
Scott Scherer, former officer of the U.S. Secret Service, will be the guest speaker at the meeting of the Lawrence County Historical...
Lawrence Lore
Mar 221 min read
Census Takers
For the Genealogists: The census of 1880 was to be made based on things as they existed on June 1, 1880, and the census takers only had...
Lawrence Lore
Mar 212 min read
First Women on Jury 1939
Women may have gotten the vote in 1920, but they didn't get to become jurors in Lawrence County until 1939. The first time women's...
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Mar 202 min read
Class in Bike Riding
Because many students could not afford a bike in 1938, their teacher Marguerite Hawkins at Holiday School in Allison township brought...
Lawrence Lore
Mar 191 min read
Central Wabash Archaeology Chapter
Explore the Historic Trails from Purgatory Swamp to the Five Mile House Robinson, IL – The Central Wabash Archaeology Chapter (CWAC)...
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Mar 182 min read
“Aw’ dern it”
March 12, 1880 , from the Rural Republican and the Weekly Western Sun The Sand Ridgers were about to build a new church east of Gilmore...
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Mar 175 min read
Andy Gainer BTHS Athlete
Andy Gainer Andy Gainer started Bridgeport High School in the fall of 1955. He played football, basketball, baseball and ran track the...
Lawrence Lore
Mar 142 min read
Affiliated Library
The task of the family historian is to achieve comprehensive yet exacting treatment of their histories. True history should reach beyond...
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Mar 131 min read
Red Hill High School during the 1990s
Members of Red Hill Class of 1991 perform a musical tribute to their classmates as they sing “Wind Beneath My Wings” during the...
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Mar 122 min read
Stone Pillars Mystery
The stone pillars shown below were likely placed to mark the original property boundaries of the Dowell Greenhouse property on Lexington...
Lawrence Lore
Mar 111 min read