Author Archives: Clint

Readers, if you will allow me to share some current local history with you tonight, I made this graphic to help clear up some confusion about the Amish and their role in maintaining our county roads. As you see, because … Continue reading →

One Lawrence County war hero started his military career by throwing an embarrassing public tantrum. But when the smoke finally cleared at war’s end, he had proved himself to be one of the bravest men in the county. On July … Continue reading →

How many of you can remember wearing name badges that look like this? This badge belonged to Chester Alley, who began work at Murray Ohio in 1956, when the Lawrenceburg plant was first built. The story of Murray Ohio coming … Continue reading →

Can anyone name this historic Lawrence County building just from its floor pattern?

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 →