The Wabash Cannonball
Daily Record March 23, 1971 Another legend is passing from the American scene. The famed “Wabash Cannonball” is headed for the end of...
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Dec 7, 20221 min read
. . . And One Prostitute
The 20th President of the United States was James Abram Garfield, who incidentally was the last president to be born in a log cabin. He...
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Dec 5, 20223 min read
Boy Kicked by Horse 1901
George Christian Schonert was born near Bellmont, lL, November 17, 1890, the third son of George Henry and Helen J Carter Schonert. On...
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Dec 2, 20221 min read
Witch in Lawrenceville
Apparently eighty years ago, there was an encounter with an armed weapon over a Witch in Lawrenceville as reported in the Lawrence County...
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Nov 30, 20222 min read
None of Your Business
HISTORICAL SOCIETY PRESENTS: "NONE OF YOUR BUSINESS!" The Lawrence County Historical Society will present a special program at its next...
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Nov 27, 20221 min read
None of Your Business
For two hundred years businesses have flourished around the Lawrenceville Square. The passage of time has seen many changes in property...
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Nov 25, 20221 min read
Abe's Cow, Daphne
The following poem was written by Martin Conrad Pinkstaff, who worked at the gas station in Gordon, Illinois. He had been interviewed by...
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Nov 16, 20222 min read
Child's Hand Car
Look for the above Child's Hand Car in our Vintage Toy Exhibit at the History Center. The researchers found an ad for a similar riding...
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Nov 14, 20221 min read
Magdalene Fern (Angle) Fleckenstein
Written May 2022 by Julia Randall Most everyone has looked at something old at one time and thought If that item could “talk,” I wonder...
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Nov 11, 20223 min read
Movers and Shakers
From a book about the English Settlement in Edwards County, Illinois, founded in 1817, John K discovered some interesting black history...
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Nov 9, 20223 min read