Lawrence Lore
Nov 81 min read
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...
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Lawrence Lore
Nov 61 min read
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...
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Lawrence Lore
Nov 51 min read
Lathrop Feed Store Bridgeport
Lathrop’s Feed store, 421 E Olive Street Bridgeport, was one of Bridgeport’s oldest businesses. In the early oil field days, the business...
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Lawrence Lore
Nov 44 min read
Stand By Your Man
The following was compiled from issues of the Vincennes Sun Commercial, published on September 24, 25 and 30th 1921. Roy E. Laughlin, a...
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Lawrence Lore
Oct 312 min read
Boo!
EVery year near Halloween the researchers at the Historical Society receive numerous requests for information about the "haunted high...
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Lawrence Lore
Oct 307 min read
The Life and Loves of Parmenas W. Beckes
Rose Robeson has been busy hunting obituaries for Tewalt and Price cemeteries. She found the following one for Parmenas W. Beckes, ...
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Lawrence Lore
Oct 291 min read
The Pinkstaff Tornado of 1956
This is one of several photographs of a house belonging to the Childress family taken after the tornado struck the Pinkstaff area in...
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Lawrence Lore
Oct 282 min read
Dr. John Frank Schrader
Dr. John Frank Schrader was the son of Mr. and Mrs . Aaron Schrader, who were farmers. He was born in Lukin Township on November 7,...
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