D Foote researched the Robinson Constitiution newspaper for news of Lawrence County during the period of January- June 1885. Jan 21, 1885...

Prior to 1863 there was no bridge over the Wabash into Vincennes from Illinois. The Editor of the Weekly Vincennes Gazette encouraged...

January 21, 1881 The Western Sun Russellville January 11, 1881 Four Teams Hitched to Sleighs Ran Away and Scattered Humanity for over...

The Western Sun Vincennes Indiana March 5, 1886 An Albuquerque (New Mexico) editor who expected a gang of lynchers to come for him about...

One of our researchers found that news of Lawrence County was often printed in the Robinson Constitution newspaper. Here is what he...

One of our readers had a cutting edge idea.. . . An article on the history of Lawrence County Barbers. When was he growing up in...

Last week, Readers, you learned a lot about John Small and his impact on Lawrence County’s history long before Illinois was even granted...

Birds, in Lawrence County Illinois, was founded in 1878 when John Bird Jr. (1817-1903) son of John Bird (1785-1850) donated land for the...

Sumner Press Thursday January 11, 1883 “Your correspondent, accompanied by Ben Simmons, started for Beulah last Wednesday night when on...

Sept 11, 1902 Lawrenceville Republican St Francisville: School began Monday with an enrollment of 141 pupils. .... The Catholic Sisters...