Th e Rural Republican, published in Lawrenceville, Illinois on Friday, February 11th, 1881     The editor said that while the new bell on the Christian Church rang in soft tones, the weather was still bad.  “The Groundhog did it--saw his shadow and now we have cold weather for six more weeks.” Having had three months of regular old- style winter, the streets were muddy, and there were about a dozen cases of measles in town that had already resulted in one death.   Will M Garr

Our local researchers like to say that if you look hard enough you will find Lawrence County people playing a role in every part of American history. Here is just one example. Railroads played a pivotal role in shaping settlement across North Dakota, and their land‑selling campaigns were as influential as the tracks themselves. After receiving vast land grants from the federal government, railroad companies marketed these acres aggressively to homesteaders, immigrants, and an

In 1908 Lafayette Perkins laid out Arlington Heights Subdivision located on the west side of town bounded by on the north by Church Street, east by Kenwood Avenue, south by Depot Street, and west by Lexington Avenue, He was known as the Home Seeker’s Friend and had an office across from the First National Bank with Mr. Dickirson and Mr. Milligan. He offered a $1.00 prize to readers who would answer the questions he posed. The answers were published in the newspaper.  Why will

Friday, February 4th, 1881 Both Vincennes and Lawrenceville newspapers The editor announced that there were six more weeks of winter so don't trade off your overcoat yet and he cautioned not to forget to send her a valentine. The previous Sunday was like a spring day, warm and the sun shone brightly, the snow disappearing rapidly under the warm rays. However, the previous extremely cold weather had affected the health of the county; in many places, measles, pneumonia, rheuma

Attention: Program by Nancy King scheduled for February 5, 2026 at History Center, Ladies' Lingerie through the Decades, has been cancelled due to weather. Thomas Perkins was born February 10,1832, near Sumner. He was the son of Alfred Perkins and Susan Shidler Perkins. At age 20 he moved west to the territories of Oregon, Washington and California where he stayed for almost forty-four years. Around 1854, he joined the U.S. military to assist in the Indian Wars in Washington.

Attention: Program by Nancy King scheduled for February 5, 2026 at History Center, Ladies' Lingerie through the Decades, has been cancelled due to weather. Daily Record J anuary 11, 1945   "Citations to accompany the medals awarded posthumously to PFC John E. Crewell and Sgt Devere I. Means, two Bridgeport boys who were killed in action, have been made public by Capt. T.R. Lovett, in charge of arrangements for the presentation ceremony to be held Friday afternoon at 2:45 at

Attention: Program by Nancy King scheduled for February 5, 2026 at History Center, Ladies' Lingerie through the Decades, has been cancelled due to weather. The Population Center is not determined numerically; it's the geographic point at which the U.S. would balance if each of its residents (currently over 342 million) weighed the same.  February 1st, 1923, the Saint Louis Chamber of Commerce announced that Lawrenceville was the center of population according to the census ta

During the late 1950s and early 1960s the local newspapers frequently reported international news of the Dalai Lama, spiritual head of Tibetan Buddhism and political leader of Tibet.  Because the People’s Republic of China, a communist country, considered Tibet to be a part of the Republic, the Dalia Lama fled his country and took up residency in India hoping to establish an autonomous Tibetan state.    The national symbol of Tibet was the Lhasa Aspos dog, a breed that origin