Author Archives: Clint

How is traffic this afternoon? As you can see in this image from the 1920s, traffic could get a little hectic in downtown Lawrenceburg in the days when cotton was king, especially not long after harvest, when cotton markets were … Continue reading →

Lawrence County has had a first-rate public library for 74 years. The attached image of the county court minutes from the day the library was created is the library’s “birth certificate.” On April 14, 1941, the Lawrence County Quarterly Court … Continue reading →

Who doesn’t love a good, old-fashioned barbecue? In Lawrence County’s earliest years, public barbecues were held to celebrate important days. There was a public barbecue to celebrate the railroad coming to Lawrenceburg in 1883, to celebrate the city’s first observance … Continue reading →

Take a break from the controversy and anger that has saturated the national news in the past week and enjoy one of my favorite lighthearted stories from Lawrence County’s early days. Here’s a feel-good story about how one Lawrence County … Continue reading →

Did you know that a bandit lies buried under the Old Military Road in Leoma? And that he was killed by the brother of General Nathan Bedford Forrest? Unlike Florence’s tale of outlaw Tom Clark being buried under Tennessee Street, … Continue reading →

Did you know that LCHS once had fraternal organizations similar to college fraternities and sororities? Harkening back to a time when high schools had more in common with colleges, the clubs were known as ‘literary societies,’ and they existed for … Continue reading →

Congratulations to First Baptist Church of Lawrenceburg as they celebrate 31 years at their Springer Road location. FBC Lawrenceburg was organized at the Opera House on the Public Square in 1896, and held its first baptism in Shoal Creek that … Continue reading →

One-hundred-and-fifty-four years ago today, Lawrence Countians awoke in a different nation than the one in which they had gone to bed. On June 8, 1861, Tennessee voters went to the polls to approve or disapprove of the legislature’s May decision … Continue reading →

This woodcut of the Public Square in Lawrenceburg may be one of the oldest images of the city in existence. Although the picture’s origin is unclear, it has made appearances in several books about local history. The image is not … Continue reading →

If schools had birth certificates, this is what Lawrence County High School’s would look like. On January 6, 1908, the County Court of Lawrence County voted 24-to-1 to establish a government-funded, tuition-free high school in Lawrenceburg for the students of … Continue reading →