Mills Russellville like all other early towns, had a saw- and a grist-mill. As seen earlier in the history of the town, August, Andrew...

June 11 1880 Croquet parties were raging. Wheat harvest hands were in demand. The courthouse yard was a splendid place to pass a half day...

Vincennes Capital November 28, 1903: George Os­wald, a mussel digger, was arrested on a charge of intox­ication and along with him were...

The directors of the new Hotel Lawrence leased the building to Woodson Moss for five years at a yearly rental of $6,000. Mr. Moss had...

Russellville is the only town in Russell township. It covers a total area of .47 square miles, according to the 2010 census. In 2000 the...

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...