Orphan Train Passenger
Rochelle Gridley, a librarian and amateur historian in McLean County, IL. has researched and published information about the Orphan...
Lawrence Lore
Oct 24, 20234 min read
Ladies Accessories
Our curators were busy this past summer with the textile collection.
Lawrence Lore
Oct 23, 20231 min read
Illlinois Notable Women
WOMEN IN ILLINOIS HISTORY TO BE TOPIC AT HISTORICAL SOCIETY MEETING Tom Emery, a writer and lecturer from Carlinville, Illinois, will be...
Lawrence Lore
Oct 21, 20231 min read
Coffee Anyone?
On exhibit in the History Center now is this coffee grinder from the Billett Store. This original turn-of-the-century coffee grinder was...
Lawrence Lore
Oct 20, 20232 min read
"Tri-Weekly Railroad"
In the 1990s the Lawrence County Genealogical Society published a newsletter. The following article is from the October 1995 publication;...
Lawrence Lore
Oct 19, 20233 min read
Trains and Mail
Editor's note: I think we often forget what a difference train service made in travel and in mail delivery. Lawrenceville Republican...
Lawrence Lore
Oct 18, 20232 min read
Aaron Shaw, State's Attorney for Elizabeth Reed's Trial
Aaron Shaw was born December 19, 1811 near Goshen, New York. He attended Montgomery Academy in New York and studied law at Goshen. Shaw...
Lawrence Lore
Oct 17, 20232 min read
Advertising Disaster for Watchmaker
On December 5, 1918, D. Galbreath moved his family from Johnson City to Sumner having leased the D. D. Emerick home. He then advertised...
Lawrence Lore
Oct 16, 20231 min read
Phil Benefiel
Lawrence County News July 17, 1952 Benefiel Recipient of National Recognition “When Philip B. Benefiel of Lawrenceville was elected...
Lawrence Lore
Oct 13, 20231 min read
The Austin Coupe,The Volkswagon of the Depression
August 9, 1930 Daily Record Considerable excitement and congestion of traffic at the City Hall corner (11th and State, Lawrenceville)...
Lawrence Lore
Oct 12, 20231 min read