A light frost was visible on Friday April 9, 1880, when the newspaper was published. Michael O’Roarke was said to have raised the best...

We are not quite finished, but we have organized most of the archives for our “Towns and Communities”.  Included are photographs and...

The year 1880 was to be an eventful one. The census of the United States would be taken, a new President elected, and it was a leap year....

Bridgeport August 18, 1926    All roads led to Bridgeport from the muddiest narrowest lane in Lukin to Len Small’s 16- foot pavement were...

The researchers were interested in this photo when it was donated and wanted to learn as much about it as they could. By reviewing the...

John D. Sage, one of the leading millers in Lawrence County Illinois, was born December 14, 1820, in Ontario, New York, to Jonathan W....

The fact that a half a barrel of cussedness is frequently found in a two-quart boy has never been explained. Apples and potatoes are...

In the early days of the oil boom, oil derricks could be found inside the city limits of Bridgeport.

Soldiers returning from WWII faced a dismal housing shortage.  To accommodate them, Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co developed a completely...

A review of the local news from the Vincennes, Mt Carmel and Lawrence County newspapers for November 1879. The shareholders of the...