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By Betty Hoover DiRisio (LCHS Board Member & Volunteer) Richie “Dick” Allen Richie “Dick” Allen was born on March 8, 1942 in Wampum Pennsylvnaia and attended Wampum High School. He…
By Betty Hoover DiRisio (LCHS Board Member & Volunteer) Richie “Dick” Allen Richie “Dick” Allen was born on March 8, 1942 in Wampum Pennsylvnaia and attended Wampum High School. He…
By Betty Hoover DiRisio (LCHS Board Member & Volunteer) On May 12, 1862, 22 year-old Robert Smalls, a slave who was to soon go down in history, was working onboard…
By Betty Hoover DiRisio (LCHS Board Member & Volunteer) Sometime after John Stockman discovered coal in Lawrence County in 1810, it was found there was a heavy coal deposit in…
By Andrew W. Henley, LCHS Board Member Article written October 21, 2017 during which time Andrew W. Henley was Executive Director of LCHS. The hall was decorated with almost two…
By Robert Galbreath, Collections Curator October 28, 2017 Documents written by ordinary people - such as letters, diaries, meeting minutes, or even notes scrawled in a book - can reveal…
By Lorraine Petrus (LCHS Board of Directors) Our We Can Do It! World War II Exhibit is full of displays, events, programs and speakers. Complete Program Information is listed below…
By Betty Hoover DiRisio (LCHS volunteer) The Public Buildings Act The Public Buildings Act of 1926 authorized $50M for the construction of federal buildings in Washington DC, and earmarked an…
By Betty Hoover DiRisio (LCHS volunteer) Pamphilia Hardman Phillips was a Lawrence County Suffrage Pioneer. She was born on October 31, 1844 in Petersburg, Ohio to Mr. and Mrs. David…
By Betty Hoover DiRisio (LCHS volunteer) Nurse Harriet J. Eckels was born on April 2, 1888 in New Wilmington, Pennsylvania. She and 100 fellow Red Cross nurses and 30 physicians…
By Betty Hoover DiRisio (LCHS volunteer) The establishment of the American Red Cross in Lawrence County was due in large measure to the untiring efforts of Mrs. William Wallace Clendenin.…
By Stephanie Fulena (LCHS volunteer) "In 1925, an Army War College Study of black troops in World War l concluded that "blacks would never have what it takes to fly…
By Betty Hoover DiRisio (LCHS volunteer) George Milton Book was born in New Castle May 25, 1845 to Col. William and Ann (Emery) Book. He spent his childhood in town,…