"Car Barn" at Texaco
Car Barn or Fab Shop where pipefitters and sheet metal welders worked at Texaco. In the 1930s Texaco made thier own tank cars.
Lawrence Lore
Mar 4, 20241 min read
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Indian Refinery Cooperage
Wooden barrels were made on site for shipment of motor oil and grease.
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Feb 27, 20241 min read
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Bootlegger's Dew
Sumner Press January 7 1909 Â (three years after oil was discovered) Lawrenceville News: States Attorney Sumner has moved his office into...
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Feb 1, 20242 min read
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The Black Gold of Lawrence County
******Saturday morning September 23 2023, we will be selling our extra school yearbooks for BTHS, LTHS and some RHHS for only $20! We...
Lawrence Lore
Sep 22, 20233 min read
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Hey, Pa. . .
We got ourselves an oil well! Are we rich yet?
Lawrence Lore
Jul 3, 20231 min read
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Big Train. . . Little Train
Big Train. . . LIttle Train! The little model train car is a Dorfan "O" gauge car, marked Indian Refining Co., Lawrenceville, Ill. Dorfan...
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May 17, 20231 min read
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Hankin's Texaco Collection
Daily Record May 24, 1974 Obituary Edwin (Red) Hankins, 62, died suddenly May 23, 1974 at his home at 317 State Street, Lawrenceville....
Lawrence Lore
May 11, 20231 min read
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An Obituary for the Original Owner of "Hell's Half Acre"
Daily Record February 18, 1931: "A man who once had a fortune in his grasp died at the County Home at 11 pm Tuesday. He was Hiram...
Lawrence Lore
May 8, 20232 min read
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