The Road to Coal Town
By Betty Hoover DiRisio (LCHS Board Member & Volunteer) Sometime after John Stockman discovered coal in Lawrence County in 1810, it was …
A White Pebble Lain – Jewish Heritage in Lawrence County
By Andrew W. Henley, LCHS Board Member Article written October 21, 2017 during which time Andrew W. Henley was Executive Director of …
Notes From a Schoolboy in the 1820s
By Robert Galbreath, Collections Curator October 28, 2017 Documents written by ordinary people – such as letters, diaries, meeting minutes, or even …
We Can Do It – WWII exhibit
By Lorraine Petrus (LCHS Board of Directors) Our We Can Do It! World War II Exhibit is full of displays, events, programs …
Post Office on the Diamond
By Betty Hoover DiRisio (LCHS volunteer) The Public Buildings Act The Public Buildings Act of 1926 authorized $50M for the construction of …
Suffrage Pioneer Pamphilia Hardman Phillips
By Betty Hoover DiRisio (LCHS volunteer) Pamphilia Hardman Phillips was a Lawrence County Suffrage Pioneer. She was born on October 31, 1844 …
Women Also Served in the Great War
By Betty Hoover DiRisio (LCHS volunteer) Nurse Harriet J. Eckels was born on April 2, 1888 in New Wilmington, Pennsylvania. She and …
The Red Cross in Lawrence County
By Betty Hoover DiRisio (LCHS volunteer) The establishment of the American Red Cross in Lawrence County was due in large measure to …
The Story of the Tuskegee Airmen
By Stephanie Fulena (LCHS volunteer) “In 1925, an Army War College Study of black troops in World War l concluded that “blacks …
George Milton Book – from Midshipman to Rear Admiral
By Betty Hoover DiRisio (LCHS volunteer) George Milton Book was born in New Castle May 25, 1845 to Col. William and Ann …
