This scan is from a tiny black and white photo 1.5 x 2" taken in 1938 of the Indy 500. It was found in the Madding Collection. Many people from Lawrence County have attended the race through the years.
Born in Richland County, Illinois on March 8, 1908, Virgil Henry was the son of E Clinton and Rosa Shick Henry. He came from a family of schoolteachers; his father was a teacher; his brother Omar t
Possibly the most significant airplane in history is the Enola Gay, (a B-9 Super Fortress) which on August 6, 1945, under the command of Colonel Paul W. Tibbets, Jr., flew on a mission to Hiroshima, J
