Amanda Jane Baker, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. D W Baker of Sumner, was a registered nurse. During WWI she was in active service at Camp...

In the early 1800s a single woman enjoyed the same rights as a man to enter contracts and manage property. However, when a woman married,...

Daily Record January 27 1942 No, these are not group pictures of victims of an air raid on a beauty shop.  They were made to demonstrate...

In the summer of 1940, the Lawrenceville Merchants softball team won the Wabash Valley Girls Softball tournament.  The nonprofessionals...

Elbert Bailey (1920-1990) was employed for 23 years with Girton Brothers Trucking in Lawrenceville. He also served four years as Lawrence...

The only enforcement of the death penalty in Lawrence County, Illinois was that of Elizabeth Reed. She was however not a resident of...

You may now order our newest book by mail.  (If you didn’t get one for Christmas, go ahead and get one for yourself!) Unfortunately, the...

There's still time to buy the newest Lawrence Lore publication for Holiday giving. Ladies of Lawrence is a book of stories about Lawrence...

The following letter published in a Lawrence County newspaper from 23-year-old Army Nurse Bettie Jo Eaton sent home to her family in...

From the Griggs/Cunningham Collection