Lawrence Lore
Apr 13, 20231 min read
Save the Date
April 14 2023.....History Center....7:00 pm "Documenting and Restoring Our Heritage" by Marilyn Wagner, Nancy King and John Fish Watch...
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Lawrence Lore
Apr 11, 20231 min read
Edwin Wiswall, Inventor 1902
In the August 28,1902 edition of the Lawrenceville Republican was a short paragraph stating that "Edwin Wiswall of Petty returned from...
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Lawrence Lore
Apr 10, 20231 min read
Flood of 1913
The Research Library has an entire room filled with obituaries of local people collected by Irene Black and Richard Palmer. A book of...
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Lawrence Lore
Apr 7, 20231 min read
Happy Easter
We have Easter postcards. . . . And we have photographs of Lawrence County residents celebrating Easter and even a few vintage Easter...
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Lawrence Lore
Apr 6, 20232 min read
Sale of Lots in Sumner 1910
In the 1880’s, J. S. Christy owned and operated a drug store in Sumner. While primarily a drug store, the People’s Drugstore also sold...
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Lawrence Lore
Apr 5, 20231 min read
A Look Back at Water Ways-2016
People are drawn to water, and the Historical Society certainly found that to be true, in 2016, when the traveling Smithsonian Exhibit,...
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Lawrence Lore
Apr 4, 20232 min read
Dropkick Record BTHS
“Dropkick Extra Point” by Larry Curry The Lawrence County Historical Society is always getting requests about events that took place in...
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Lawrence Lore
Apr 3, 20231 min read
County Boundaries
Genealogists take note: Lawrence County, Illinois was created January 16,1821, from Crawford and Edwards counties. In 1841 Richland...
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Lawrence Lore
Mar 28, 20231 min read
Making Moonshine or Not?
Lawrence County News reported on August 3, 1921 that two men from Vincennes and Marion Briggs of Lukin were arrested 2 weeks ago by...
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Lawrence Lore
Mar 24, 20231 min read
Dog in Photo of County Officers 1905
In the summer of 1905, county officers and other courthouse personnel posed for this photograph. (l to r) Standing: John Inmon,...
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