Author Archives: Clint

When the Lawrence County Public Library was first established in 1941, it was situated in a room on the second floor of City Hall. The current library building was built in 1970 and expanded in the 1990s. Do you have … Continue reading →

This photo is of a downtown event in the 1940s or 1950s on the north end of the Public Square in Lawrenceburg. The photo can be dated by several clues, one of which is the presence of the 48-star flag … Continue reading →

Happy Amish Christmas! You may notice today that many Amish businesses are closed for Christmas. That’s because many of Lawrence County’s Amish people observe the holiday known as ‘Old Christmas.’ Old Christmas is the name given to the date celebrated … Continue reading →

This past week will be remembered for many years as one of the warmest, stormiest Christmas seasons in local history. The tragic tornadoes which tore through northern and western Lawrence County on December 23 were followed soon after by historic … Continue reading →

Merry Christmas, friends! Who doesn’t love a good letter to Santa? The following letters to Santa were written by Lawrence County children in 1926 and published in the ‘Democrat-Union’ that December. “Dear Santa Claus: I am 7 years old. Please … Continue reading →

Happy birthday today to Professor E.O. Coffman, who was born on this day (December 6) in 1882. Professor Coffman served the Lawrence County Schools System for an astonishing 52 years, including 38 years as the principal of Lawrence County High … Continue reading →

Happy Opening Day to all of you deer hunters out there! Hunting has always been a popular pastime in Lawrence County. During the Civil War, the city of Lawrenceburg was abandoned to such an extent that wild animals flourished in … Continue reading →

The Mexican War Monument in historic downtown Lawrenceburg was brilliantly illuminated by a beautiful sunset tonight. The monument, one of only a dozen or so in the nation, is also one of the oldest at 166 years old this year. … Continue reading →

Happy Halloween! Did a local Civil War soldier foresee his own death in a dream? One of Lawrence County’s most dangerous men was a blacksmith named Lewis Kirk. As a young man, Kirk volunteered to fight in the Mexican War … Continue reading →

We need not speculate about the faith of Captain W.J. Gilbreth–or lack thereof. He made sure that generations yet unborn would know that he was an avowed atheist by having a special plate inscribed and placed on his tombstone in … Continue reading →