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Have you ever found an arrowhead? Almost ninety years ago, one Lawrence Countian found an arrowhead with quite a tale to tell. According to the ‘Lawrence News,’ during the week of April 19, 1926, local man Webster Pearl went into … Continue reading →

For your enjoyment, here is a detailed 111-year-old map of Lawrence County. This soil survey map was created in 1904 by the United States Department of Agriculture. For the details of that survey, have a look at the official government … Continue reading →

Did you remember to set your clocks forward last night? You might be surprised to know that almost 4% of Lawrence County’s population chose not to. In fact, in some neighborhoods in northern Lawrence County right now, it’s still an … Continue reading →

Have you ever pictured the first company of Confederate soldiers leaving Lawrenceburg at the beginning of the Civil War in the spring of 1861? If you have, you probably imagined that they marched off to war beneath the first national … Continue reading →

For many years, the ‘Democrat-Union’ had a program known as the ‘Over-80 Club,’ where people who were over 80 years of age could get a free subscription to the paper for life if they submitted a brief autobiography. Most of … Continue reading →

Happy birthday to two Lawrence County churches! On this day in 1872, Sacred Heart Catholic Church of Loretto was founded. And on this day in 1896, First Baptist Church of Lawrenceburg was organized in the Opera House on the Lawrenceburg … Continue reading →

Bicycle and lawnmower manufacturer Murray Ohio was the largest local employer that our area has ever known. Practically everyone in Lawrence County had a relative who worked at the plant in its local five-decade history, and the plant’s presence in … Continue reading →

The War of 1812 is commonly referred to as our ‘Second War of Independence’ because it was the second time the United States defeated the British. And, years after the smoke finally cleared, many of its veterans called Lawrence County … Continue reading →

It’s been a little chilly out today, but it’s mild outside compared to what it was 49 years ago today. On January 30, 1966, Lawrence County reached its record low temperature of -14 degrees Farenheit.

Lawrence County is a land of many creeks, so it should come as no surprise that the county is also home to 195 bridges. According to the Tennessee Department of Transportation, the oldest operating bridges in Lawrence County are 2 … Continue reading →