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Have you ever wondered why Lawrence County’s oldest newspaper is called the ‘Democrat-Union?’ And what connection does James D. Vaughan, the father of Southern Gospel music, have to the name of the paper? The answer is that it was once … Continue reading →

Have a look at what the staff of WDXE Radio found upstairs at their station! The WDXE station is located in the old Princess Theatre building on the Lawrenceburg Public Square. The 500-seat capacity Princess Theatre was Lawrenceburg’s prime motion … Continue reading →

According to an early-20th-century estimate found in the Lawrence ‘Democrat,’ around 1,600 Lawrence County men volunteered to serve in the Confederate army in “home organizations” in 1861. In addition to the young men who marched off to war from Lawrence … Continue reading →

Did Lawrenceburg’s German Catholics tear down the American flag flying above Sacred Heart School in Lawrenceburg and burn it in the yard when the United States declared war on Germany in 1917? No, they certainly did not. But unfortunately, that … Continue reading →

This 1914 advertisement from George Brothers Dry Goods in Lawrenceburg seems especially fitting for this week! Bundle up and stay warm, Lawrence County!

Merry Christmas? For most of Lawrence County’s Amish people, today, January 6, is Christmas! With some 1,500 adherents, Lawrence County is home to one of the largest Old Order Amish communities in the South. The Old Order Amish observe some … Continue reading →

A century ago, Lawrenceburg got its very own version of Dr. Quinn: Medicine Woman in Dr. Ivadell Rogers. As can be seen from this front-page story from the March 4, 1914 edition of the Lawrence ‘Democrat,’ Dr. Rogers, who came … Continue reading →

The following is a portion of an article called ‘Around the Square, 1918-1922,’ by Mrs. Docia Spann Richardson (many of you may remember our previous posts about Mrs. Richardson, as she was the second woman to vote in Lawrenceburg’s history). … Continue reading →

Happy New Year, Lawrence County! It’s cold and mild outside tonight, but the New Year holiday marks two very memorable weather anniversaries in Lawrence County history which were anything but mild. On New Year’s Day 1947, Lawrence County was struck … Continue reading →

The following editorial by Irl Cloud, about Lawrence County High School, appeared on the front page of the Lawrence ‘Democrat’ on February 14, 1912. Our county is still blessed with hard-working, professional educators. “…[Lawrenceburg] is inhabited by intelligent and progressive … Continue reading →