Lawrence Lore
Nov 5, 20241 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 4, 20244 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 31, 20242 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 30, 20247 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 29, 20241 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 28, 20242 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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Lawrence Lore
Oct 27, 20241 min read
Historic Artifact Restored
HISTORICAL SOCIETY MEETS ON OCTOBER 28 Trey Beckerman, of Maple Hill Restorations, will be the guest speaker at the next meeting of the...
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Lawrence Lore
Oct 25, 20242 min read
Onward to Oregon
Mary Goen was born about 1793. She married John Laws . Mary and John had a daughter, Nancy Laws, born Dec 31 1823 in Lawrence County...
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Lawrence Lore
Oct 24, 20241 min read
Road Drag Sunmner 1915
Sumner Press, 2/25/1915, Page 1: ROAD DRAG DAY BIG SUCCESS Twenty-One Drags, Thirty Men and Thirty Teams Assist in Dragging Although...
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