February Program
MUSEUM STUDIES ARE TOPIC AT HISTORICAL SOCIETY Brianna Jackson, formerly with the National Park Service, will be the featured speaker at...

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Feb 24, 20241 min read
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Rooster Meets Minister
Page 6 of Lawrence County News, published in Lawrenceville, Illinois on Wednesday, February 20th, 1924 An industrious hen sat upon a...

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Feb 23, 20241 min read
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Money Trees in Lukin
One of our researchers who reviewed the February 1924 local newspapers found several items about events one doesn't hear about happening...

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Feb 22, 20241 min read
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North 12th Street Lawrenceville
The History Center is located in what was once the Peoples National Bank, on the left side of the photo. You can just barely see the...

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Feb 21, 20241 min read
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Banker and Oil Man
F C Borough, for many years one of the leading businessmen of Lawrenceville, was killed at Harrison New York February 17, 1924, by a...

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Feb 20, 20242 min read
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Early Trains in Illinois
The first railway charter granted by the Illinois General Assembly was to the Chicago and Vincennes Railroad in 1835. The demand for...

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Feb 19, 20242 min read
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How Many Did You Say?
Title: Population of Lawrence County Population of Lawrence County as given in The Blue Book of State of Illinois, Compiled by the Sec....

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Feb 16, 20241 min read
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'Til Death Do Us Part
February one hundred years ago might have been the month for romance but not for these couples: Herschel L Kendall vs Clemence Kendall;...

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Feb 15, 20241 min read
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Almost a Valentine Bride
Page 1 of Lawrence County News, published in Lawrenceville, Illinois on Wednesday, February 20th, 1924 Miss Grace Holsen (31) and Omer...

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Feb 14, 20241 min read
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Deaths 100 Years Ago
Causes of death 100 years ago this month--Taken from Lawrence County Death Records February 1924 How many of these deaths could have been...

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Feb 13, 20241 min read
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