Country Living by P. Grounds
Some would say I was born in an amazing time, August 8, 1936. The only amazing facts that I know are of my birth and that, that summer...
Lawrence Lore
Mar 27, 20252 min read
Stanley "Pete" Vandament, 1st Motorcycle Cop
Stanley Berget Vandament, better known as Pete, was born January 22, 1888, in Lawrenceville, Illinois, to Burgett and Belle Vandament....
Lawrence Lore
Mar 26, 20253 min read
W. Virgil Vandament, Boy Scout Leader
Willis Virgil Vandament was born in Lukin Township on October 17, 1898, to Wiley and Matilda Vandament. As a child, he attended...
Lawrence Lore
Mar 25, 20252 min read
The Game of 15 vs 20
Don't forget the prgram tonight 7:00 Secret Service The snow was two inches deep in Lawrence County in the last week of March in 1880....
Lawrence Lore
Mar 24, 20255 min read
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 22, 20251 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 21, 20252 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...
Lawrence Lore
Mar 20, 20252 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 19, 20251 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)...
Lawrence Lore
Mar 18, 20252 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...
Lawrence Lore
Mar 17, 20255 min read