Guest Speaker Jay Shidler
Lawrenceville basketball star Jay Shidler will be the guest speaker at the next meeting of the Lawrence County Historical Society on...
Lawrence Lore
Oct 21, 20221 min read
Go For a Drive
Autumn is beautiful in Lawrence County, so why not take a drive and visit some of our pioneer cemeteries. Make sure you visit Bethel...
Lawrence Lore
Oct 20, 20223 min read
LHS History Makers
On November 30, 1984, the Daily Record published an article about LHS basketball history makers. "Four former Lawrenceville High School...
Lawrence Lore
Oct 18, 20222 min read
Preacher Wilson
An early writer and preacher, T. T. Holton wrote about Joseph Wilson and his wife, Ann who preached at all the big Christian meetings. He...
Lawrence Lore
Oct 14, 20224 min read
Buffalo Soldiers
An article in the Sumner Press, 6/7/1888, page 4, caught J King’s attention—“Henry Gowen of the regular Army 10th U S Cavalry visited...
Lawrence Lore
Oct 11, 20222 min read
O'er the Land of the Free
Our newest volunteer, Wanda B, has been organizing the church files at the Research Library. These include histories of churches in the...
Lawrence Lore
Oct 8, 20221 min read
LCHS NEWS
Don’t worry if you have not been receiving a daily blog post. We haven’t been posting daily but hopefully, we will get there. We have...
Lawrence Lore
Oct 6, 20222 min read
Betty Homemaker—Show us your apron!
From vintage to old fashioned to retro, our textile collection includes some aprons that would make our mothers and grandmothers proud. ...
Lawrence Lore
Oct 4, 20221 min read
Going Going Gone
The availability of shopping malls, box stores, and the internet caused shoppers to bypass the downtown areas in many small towns. Not...
Lawrence Lore
Oct 2, 20221 min read
Come See Us
Mrs. Irene Black’s lifetime collection of local history and genealogy material was originally located in Bridgeport, IL, but in 2001, she...
Lawrence Lore
Sep 10, 20221 min read