Peter Scherer Sr, a pioneer settler of southern Lawrence County, Illinois was a native of Germany, being born in Rein-Byron about 1809....

Rural Republican, published in Lawrenceville, Illinois on Friday, February 2nd, 1883 page 5 The Owl Club have distributed invitations for...

The 505th Bombardment Group of the Army Air Force was activated on March 11, 1944. First equipped with B-17's, the group later trained...

Copied from the Lawrence County News, published in Lawrenceville, Illinois on Wednesday, February 20th, 1924 page 1 Carl May, the...

If Lukin had a Facebook page in 1891 the posts might have read something like this. The following are excerpts from the Sumner Press...

After an earlier published post about early news of the village of Birds we received some photos of Birds that we did not have in our...

Mar 18, 1885 Mrs. Adams, of Bird Station, came to town on Saturday and bought one of those pretty New Home Sewing machines. The above...

Sumner Press January 7 1909 (three years after oil was discovered) Lawrenceville News: States Attorney Sumner has moved his office into...

Grace Osborne was the daughter of William Hazzard and Judith/ Jude Brausa Osborne. She was born February 23, 1902, and died September 4,...

The Lawrence County Historical Society and the Illinois State Historical Society erected a historical marker on the north side of the...