Thank you C. Hardiman and N. Smallwood
Lawrenceville High School, March 1, 2024 Clarence Hardiman and Nick Smallwood, students in the Lawrenceville High School "School within...
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Apr 17, 20241 min read
Bunyan Cup
Rural Republican August 8, 1884, reprinted from the Sumner Press: David A. Watts, executor of the estate of Charlotte M Bach, deceased,...
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Apr 16, 20241 min read
How Many? 1,052 and Counting
For those of you who use Find a Grave, you can now view John King’s virtual cemeteries of Civil War soldiers buried in Lawrence County....
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Apr 15, 20241 min read
Oops Wrong Again
Program is the April 22, the fourth Monday of the month as usual, NOT April 29. (Wine should not be enjoyed while writing the blog)
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Apr 14, 20241 min read
OOPS Wrong Night
The blog about the Owl program was pushed out today instead of next Sunday. The program is NOT tomorrow night but April 29, a week from...
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Apr 14, 20241 min read
Tomorrow Night-Owls
"LOCAL WILDLIFE" TO BE TOPIC AT NEXT HISTORICAL SOCIETY MEETING A program on local wildlife (the four-legged and feathered variety) will...
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Apr 14, 20241 min read
163 years ago
April 12, 1861 South Carolina seceded from the Union. A week later President Lincoln called for 75,000 troops to enlist for 3 months. At...
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Apr 12, 20241 min read
Digitizing Bridgeport Leader Newspapers
Thanks to the Lawrence County Public Library for funding a great project—the digitizing of twenty years of the Bridgeport Leader...
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Apr 11, 20241 min read
Stage Coach Driver
CHARLES W. ACKMAN was born in the Blue Grass regions of Kentucky, in 1828. In 1851 he came to this State by stage. After his first...
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Apr 10, 20242 min read
Youngest Volunteer WWII
James Harold Bailey became one of the youngest, if not the youngest, Army volunteer inducted by the local board as reported by the...
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Apr 9, 20242 min read