Smithsonian Traveling Exhibits-2023
Readers, many of you will remember, (and hopefully enjoyed), the Smithsonian Traveling exhibit, Water Ways, in Lawrence County a few...
Lawrence Lore
Jun 16, 20231 min read
Clean a Tombstone Saturday
Restorations were recently completed on some of the Thomas Bell family headstones in Bell cemetery in Lukin Township as reported by...
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Jun 15, 20233 min read
Bought in Vincennes
These two items were found in the Libby Ann Dunseth Collection. Whether they were hers, or belonged to an older member of her family, we...
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Jun 14, 20231 min read
Fire! Fire! Fire!
With a water works system practically completed, but the pressure not as yet turned on, a fire broke out in the business section of...
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Jun 13, 20231 min read
Hugh White's Store
The photographs were taken right before the Hugh White store closed south of Sumner. We're not too sure of the date, but someone out...
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Jun 12, 20231 min read
Mashed Potato
From the Sumner Press March 1, 1883 Tom Brown came near losing a cow Wednesday. She tried to masticate a large potato and swallowed it...
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Jun 9, 20231 min read
Tombstone Cleaning Saturday
Tombstone Cleaning Morning at Moffett Cemetery Saturday June 10, 2023 7:00-8:30am Tomorrow Saturday June 10, the cemetery restoration...
Lawrence Lore
Jun 9, 20232 min read
FORMER SLAVES – ALEXANDER, BAZIL, CASTERIA, & FLORIEL RUSSELL
African American families seldom learn any details of their slavery background including even the slave names themselves, but John King...
Lawrence Lore
Jun 7, 20233 min read
Golden Rule History Archived
After a large donation of "Leader" magazines published for Golden Rule employees was received, we talked Marilyn W, a former employee...
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Jun 6, 20231 min read