Lincoln and Lawrence County
Lincoln Introduced Bill that Included State Road to Russellville 1837 A Bill was introduced in Illinois Legislature to locate a state...
Lawrence Lore
May 15, 20242 min read
LTHS Basketball & Coach Fearheily
1944-45 LTHS Basketball team Coach Halt #11 Max Miller #12 Harold "Pos" Young #7 Bill Weger #6 Don Miles Player behind the Coach is...
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May 14, 20241 min read
Walmarts of their Day
The general stores in small communities sold a little bit of everything. To encourage shoppers, some gave away chinaware, or sold it at a...
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May 13, 20241 min read
New Exhibits
The History Center has a new Look. Thanks to John White, Brianna Jackson, Larry Curry, Donna Burton, and Nancy King new exhibits have...
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May 10, 20241 min read
6 Months Old- Still Unemployed
The curators found this photo in a scrapbook made from articles in the Beacon magazine, a publication for Ohio Oil personnel. It was not...
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May 9, 20241 min read
"I work for my Liquor!"
Apparently, the Lawrence County News editor was asked where he got his ideas for his editorials, one of which must have made some folks...
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May 8, 20241 min read
Artifact is Direct Link
Page 1 of The Vincennes Weekly Sun, published in Vincennes, Indiana on Saturday, September 13th, 1862 “Terrible Railroad Accident—Civil...
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May 7, 20242 min read
702 11th Street
Stillwell and Wright service station of the northeast side of the square. New cash register at the station in 1937; new gas pump--the...
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May 6, 20242 min read
Gambling on Gum
September 28, 1911 Lawrenceville Republican Four Slot Machines Confiscated by the Sheriff and State’s Attorney Last week Earl R Decker,...
Lawrence Lore
May 3, 20242 min read
Don't Take Your Dynamite to Church, Boys
LAWRENCEVILLE ILLINOIS JANUARY 25, 1900 The Devils Work: A Terrific Explosion of Dynamite and Falling Plaster, Rattling Windows And...
Lawrence Lore
May 2, 20242 min read