Paris Bakery Offering Prizes 1936
On February 20, 1936 Paris Bakery announced it would give away ten prizes to ten lucky children. First prize was a new 1936 Silver King...
Lawrence Lore
Nov 28, 20232 min read
Thank You
Thank you to the presenters of our Monday night monthly program about the history of 4-H in Lawrence County during the last 100 years.
Lawrence Lore
Nov 28, 20231 min read
Glovers and Lackeys Celebrate
Lawrence County News March 27, 1941 Two Lawrenceville Couples Celebrate Golden Weddings Golden wedding celebrations within a few days...
Lawrence Lore
Nov 27, 20233 min read
HISTORY OF LAWRENCE COUNTY 4-H
Lawrence County 4-H, which is celebrating its centennial anniversary, will be the topic of discussion at the next meeting of the Lawrence...
Lawrence Lore
Nov 25, 20231 min read
Helena/Mooresville
An undated typed paper was found in a museum file in a folder called “Helena”. The title of the paper though was Mooresville by Noble...
Lawrence Lore
Nov 24, 20234 min read
Thanksgiving Dinner on the Ocean Floor
This WWII wool U.S. Navy Beret belonged to Charles Newton Stansfield. Charles, the oldest son of Harry Cappy B. Stansfield, was born and...
Lawrence Lore
Nov 22, 20231 min read
Beware, Lynchers
The Western Sun Vincennes Indiana March 5, 1886 An Albuquerque (New Mexico) editor who expected a gang of lynchers to come for him about...
Lawrence Lore
Nov 21, 20231 min read
Alligators in Lawrenceville
One of the newspaper researchers found the following: Lawrence County News March 5, 1908 “Dr H V Lewis brought six alligators home with...
Lawrence Lore
Nov 20, 20231 min read
Samuel Kinkaid
Taken from 'The History of Edwards, Lawrence and Wabash Counties, Illinois' first published in 1883, page 301: "Samuel Kincaid was a...
Lawrence Lore
Nov 17, 20231 min read
Automobiles in 1917
July 11, 1917 Lawrence County News An inspection of the county assessor's records showed that horses listed in one township were assessed...
Lawrence Lore
Nov 16, 20231 min read