

Happy Valentines Day
These are just some of the valentines we have in our collection. On Active Service with the American Expeditionary Force To Mrs George...

Lawrence Lore
Feb 14, 20231 min read


Got Root Beer?
On January 27, 1958, the Daily Record reported an accident had occurred in front of the Frosted Mug Drive-In just east of Bridgeport on...

Lawrence Lore
Feb 13, 20232 min read
Abandons Stage Career
Philip Piantone Abandons Stage Career In 1928, for the first time in the history of Lawrence County’s education system, a professional...

Lawrence Lore
Feb 13, 20234 min read


Sell a Subscription; Go to the Fair
These two glass items are from the Essie and James Gillespie Collection. They are labeled Chicago 1900. The curators at first thought...

Lawrence Lore
Feb 8, 20233 min read
Attack of WWI Submarine/Barrel
One of the Lawrence Post-American Legion members gave the WWI story published in the Lawrence County News May 7, 1931. Unfortunately,...

Lawrence Lore
Feb 6, 20232 min read


Walking to School
Ed Note: We have all heard of the stories of walking to school two miles in the snow....all uphill. . . etc but this one is apparently...

Lawrence Lore
Feb 4, 20231 min read
Hobos Cause Trouble
Lawrence County News October 5, 1910 Residents of South Lawrenceville complain of petty annoyances and depredations of tramps who infest...

Lawrence Lore
Feb 2, 20231 min read


Lawrenceville and Vicinity News 1889
January 1989 Gleaned from the Rural Republican Grand jurors for February term 1889 Allison: William Warner and Levi Watts; Russell: James...

Lawrence Lore
Jan 31, 20234 min read


Climate Change?
Weather for Sumner in January 1889: Highest temperature was 58 on the 16th and the lowest 20 above on the 28th. The average for the month...

Lawrence Lore
Jan 30, 20231 min read
Russellville, Civil War Era
News and Gossip of Russellville 1838-1867 September 29, 1838 Western Sun Married on Tuesday evening, the 25th of September,1838, by the...

Lawrence Lore
Jan 29, 20232 min read

