Monthly Archives: February 2017

Before he was executed by firing squad, one Lawrence County man took a last long drink of water–from his own grave. William Carroll Rowland was a simple man who lived a relatively quiet life. Illiterate and poor even by the … Continue reading →

Cancelling classes due to widespread illness is nothing new to Lawrence County. In fact, almost a century ago, the county government ordered a lot more than the schools to close their doors in order to help combat a deadly epidemic. … Continue reading →

Less than a day after a local woman called down fire from God upon him, a cold-blooded bandit king took his last drink from a clear spring in Lawrence County, leaving his name behind as his only memorial. In southwestern … Continue reading →

The quarrel between George Anthony and his brother-in-law Charles Nunnelly finally boiled out of control on a cool winter’s afternoon in the outskirts of Lawrenceburg. It began some years before over a disputed tract of land, and, for reasons that … Continue reading →