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The Great Lawrenceburg Bacon Raid of 1862
On this day in 1862, Union and Confederate soldiers met in Lawrenceburg in one of the first recorded fights of the Civil War in Lawrence County…and it ended with Union troops hauling off thousands of pounds of captured bacon. On … Continue reading
The Excavation of the Danley Mound
Did you know that there was a band of snail-eating Native Americans living between modern West Point and Iron City a few centuries before the birth of Christ? On March 25, 1962, three archaeologists conducted the first-ever archaeological dig in … Continue reading
Lawrence County and the Vote to Abolish Slavery
Today is the 160th anniversary of the end of slavery in Tennessee. And, according to one source, the men of Lawrence County who turned out to vote for its abolition had to arm themselves at the ballot box for fear … Continue reading
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The Re-establishing: Lawrence County’s Wartime Unionist Government
Our county government was founded on October 21, 1817 by the state legislature. But did you know that it was re-founded 47 years later? On February 13, 1864, a group of local Union sympathizers met at the courthouse in Lawrenceburg … Continue reading
A New Birth of Freedom: Lawrence County’s USCT Soldiers
They are perhaps Lawrence County’s most-overlooked veterans. Indeed, the very names of these men, not to mention the sacrifices they made in service to their country, have been practically forgotten by most local people. Most of us probably learned in … Continue reading
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Veterans’ Accounts of the Battle of Sugar Creek
A few veterans’ accounts of the Battle of Sugar Creek in southeastern Lawrence County survive. At least two are found in the book ‘The Military Annals of Tennessee.’ In the mid-1880s, a Nashville educator and civic leader named J. Berrien … Continue reading
Crime on the Wild Frontier
Lawrence County in the days of David Crockett was, indeed, the wild frontier–and that applied to the wild men who lived here as well as the wild animals. According to the Annual Report of the Tennessee Judiciary for 2022-2023, the … Continue reading
Christmas Fireworks
Christmas is a time for cherished traditions; chestnuts roasting on an open fire, sleigh bells ringing in the frosty air, trimming the tree and going to grandmother’s house over the river and through the woods, and–watching fireworks in the yard … Continue reading
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The Amish Christmas Lights
Happy National Christmas Lights Day! Be sure to check out the dazzling Christmas light display in Lawrence County’s Amish community! All kidding aside, many visitors often ask why the Amish don’t believe in using electricity. The Amish of Lawrence County, … Continue reading
The Nashville Campaign Comes to Lawrence County
A November snowstorm and thousands of soldiers maneuvering through our streets, fields, and forests? One-hundred and sixty years ago this week, Lawrence County was directly in the center of the Confederate re-invasion of Tennessee known as the Nashville Campaign. Launching … Continue reading
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Lawrence County History Trivia 