2024: A Busy Year
A group of dedicated volunteers strive every day to preserve and breathe life into the inanimate objects that make up the history that...

Lawrence Lore
Jan 14, 20251 min read
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News December 1879
The fact that a half a barrel of cussedness is frequently found in a two-quart boy has never been explained. Apples and potatoes are...

Lawrence Lore
Jan 13, 20257 min read
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Derricks in Bridgeport
In the early days of the oil boom, oil derricks could be found inside the city limits of Bridgeport.

Lawrence Lore
Jan 10, 20251 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...

Lawrence Lore
Jan 9, 20252 min read
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Police Shooting and Air Ships in St F
The Vincennes newspapers carried the news of St Francisville as often, if not more, than the Lawrenceville newspapers. However, the facts...

Lawrence Lore
Jan 8, 20254 min read
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"To Plow is to Pray"
A review of the local news from the Vincennes, Mt Carmel and Lawrence County newspapers for November 1879. The shareholders of the...

Lawrence Lore
Jan 7, 20259 min read
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Hadley, a Forgotten Town
Hadley was a small village located on the Richland/ Lawrence County line along the old B & O tracks. The following article was printed in...

Lawrence Lore
Jan 6, 20251 min read
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Let it Snow. Let it Snow. Let it Snow.
There is something soft and tender in the fall of a single snowflake but when it comes to crawling out in the morning and shoveling away...

Lawrence Lore
Jan 5, 20251 min read
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