The first railway charter granted by the Illinois General Assembly was to the Chicago and Vincennes Railroad in 1835. The demand for...

Two researchers recently contacted the Historical Society about two inventors from the Pinkstaff area in the 1900s -Mark Bowman and...

Ed Whittaker was instrumental in planting these daffodils 70-80 years ago and they have spread from the intersection of 1620 N Pollard...

This is the story of George Lewis Maxfield written by Julia Randall. George Lewis Maxfield blessed his parents on July 11, 1956, when he...

Return with us now to those thrilling days of yesteryear! From out of the past come the thundering hoofbeats and the sounds of gunfire!...

Agriculture Report for 1888 · 37,578 acres of corn yielded 30 bushes per acre. · 26,849 acres of wheat or 4 percent less...

Several years ago, David Foote, a volunteer, transcribed the news from Lawrence County as printed in the Robinson newspapers. Since...

Bridgeport News in the Rural Republican December 28, 1883 Several family reunions took place on Christmas. Only twenty-six Schmalhausen’s...

Death of Horace Bennett December 30, 1905 Sunday morning about 10 o’clock, the body of a man was discovered by some men in the woods...

(Republished from the old blog) An Act for the Prevention of Vice and Immorality from 1787 for the Northwest Territory prohibited...