Foregoes
What was happening in Lawrence County during the first week of March 1880? Seed potatoes and garden seeds were for sale at Watts in...
Lawrence Lore
Mar 104 min read
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Station at State and 10th
When we were going through our photo files for Lawrenceville businesses, we found this photo. It was filed with the Texaco station...
Lawrence Lore
Feb 71 min read
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Christy's Texaco Station
The lower left-hand corner of the picture above is now the landscaped corner at State and 11th street. The white shed-like building is...
Lawrence Lore
Feb 62 min read
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News of January 1880
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....
Lawrence Lore
Jan 296 min read
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Before Flour Came in Paper 5-pound Bags
John D. Sage, one of the leading millers in Lawrence County Illinois, was born December 14, 1820, in Ontario, New York, to Jonathan W....
Lawrence Lore
Jan 165 min read
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"To Plow is to Pray"
A review of the local news from the Vincennes, Mt Carmel and Lawrence County newspapers for November 1879. The shareholders of the...
Lawrence Lore
Jan 79 min read
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August 1879
A review of the news around the county in August 1879 Rural Republican Friday August 1, 1879Â Â Watermelons were ripe and selling for a...
Lawrence Lore
Nov 13, 20248 min read
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Bridgeport Auto Company
In November 1909 William E Ridgley and Al Noonan established the Bridgeport Auto Company in a 20 x 40 ft building at 214 Washington...
Lawrence Lore
Nov 8, 20241 min read
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Brian Lumber
Brian Lumber Company was founded in Sumner Illinois in 1885 by John Brian. It was first located on the south side of the railroad tracks...
Lawrence Lore
Nov 6, 20241 min read
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