Lawrence Lore
Sep 132 min read
Ezekiel, Indian Boy
According to an article written by Ruth Anderson Walker of the Northern Indiana Center for History for an unnamed newspaper May 7, 1995,...
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Lawrence Lore
Sep 123 min read
Pete: First Motorcycle Cop
Stanley Berget Vandament, better known as Pete , was born January 22, 1888, in Lawrenceville, Illinois, to Burgett and Belle Vandament ....
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Lawrence Lore
Sep 111 min read
Bridgeport 1912
These maps show what Bridgeport looked like in 1912.
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Lawrence Lore
Sep 102 min read
Son Witnesses Murders
Jesse Anderson , a free African American, owned a farm about 2 ½ miles southwest of Fort Allison erected near Russellville Lawrence...
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Lawrence Lore
Sep 91 min read
Are You Related?
The Clerks of the Court in Lawrence County Illinois from 1818-1879 were: V J Bradley, James M McLean, E Z Ryan, Frederick A Thomas,...
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Lawrence Lore
Sep 61 min read
Clyde Smith: Professional Athlete
The Clyde Smith Manor on Jefferson Street in Lawrenceville is named for long time Lawrence County resident, Clyde W. Smith. But other...
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Lawrence Lore
Sep 51 min read
"We can do it!," said the Women
The new Christian Church building at St Francisville was under construction in September 1974 but had come a long way since the first...
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Lawrence Lore
Sep 42 min read
Diary Entry about "Indians of Vincennes"
From the diary of Mr. Birbeck of Albion Illinois in 1817 wherein he described the Native Americans in Vincennes. “Vincennes exhibits a...
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Lawrence Lore
Sep 32 min read
Buy a Book, Donate a Book
Lawrence County was settled by farmers and our history is deep in agriculture and rural life. The generation who worked the soil behind a...
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