“Aw’ dern it”
March 12, 1880 , from the Rural Republican and the Weekly Western Sun The Sand Ridgers were about to build a new church east of Gilmore...
Lawrence Lore
Mar 175 min read
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Andy Gainer BTHS Athlete
Andy Gainer Andy Gainer started Bridgeport High School in the fall of 1955. He played football, basketball, baseball and ran track the...
Lawrence Lore
Mar 142 min read
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Affiliated Library
The task of the family historian is to achieve comprehensive yet exacting treatment of their histories. True history should reach beyond...
Lawrence Lore
Mar 131 min read
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Red Hill High School during the 1990s
Members of Red Hill Class of 1991 perform a musical tribute to their classmates as they sing “Wind Beneath My Wings” during the...
Lawrence Lore
Mar 122 min read
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Stone Pillars Mystery
The stone pillars shown below were likely placed to mark the original property boundaries of the Dowell Greenhouse property on Lexington...
Lawrence Lore
Mar 111 min read
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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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The Parlor Cars
If you were to take the Ohio & Mississippi train in 1880 from Lawrenceville, you might sit in one of the new parlor cars that ran on the...
Lawrence Lore
Mar 71 min read
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Red Hill 1986-1989
Volunteers have been organizing and filing clippings, photos and memorabilia about Red Hill High School. Some interesting tidbits they...
Lawrence Lore
Mar 62 min read
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Businesses After the Civil War
From the Vincennes Weekly Gazette published January 31, 1867, a writer describes the businesses in Lawrenceville at that time. ...
Lawrence Lore
Mar 53 min read
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Increased Sale of Liniment, a Self-satisfied Female and a Highly Elated Lot of Gossipers
The St Francisville reporter in February 1880 stated that the city of St Francisville should retire and give some other town a chance to...
Lawrence Lore
Mar 42 min read
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