Local Heroes Lost in Hiroshima
By Betty Hoover DiRisio, LCHS Volunteer. First Published on March 5, 2019 on LCHS Facebook pageDuring World War II when the U.S. was deciding where to drop the atomic bombs…
First US Ship Lost in WW II and Lawrence County’s First Son’s Sacrifice
By Betty Hoover DiRisio, LCHS Board Member & Volunteer By Betty Hoover DiRisio Wilton Loyal “Bud” Taylor graduated from Ne-Ca-Hi (New Castle, PA) in January 1939. A star athlete, he…
Louise Treadwell Tracy: Deaf Community Advocate
By Betty Hoover DiRisio, LCHS Board Member & Volunteer Lawrence County has had a hand in helping probably hundreds of thousands of deaf children worldwide, through the efforts of one…
Lt. Timothy Ivory (Tuskegee Airmen)
By Betty Hoover DiRisio, LCHS Board Member & Volunteer Timothy Ivory was born in Youngstown, Ohio (OH), on September 2, 1922. His family moved from Youngstown to New Castle, Pennsylvania…
Sgt. William T. Hunt (Tuskegee Airmen)
Text provided by the Family of Sgt. William T. Hunt. Edited and adapted by Kathleen Mooney (LCHS Webmaster).William Thomas Hunt (Tom) was born January 25, 1920, in Newport News, Virginia…
Advise Against Establishment of Business in North Hill Historic District
By Edward X. Petrus, Board President, LCHS. Originally posted on our front page April 26, 2021. “The Lawrence County Historical Society strongly advises against the establishment of a Dollar General…
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 federal buildings in Washington DC, and earmarked an…
St Luke AME Zion Church: Oldest Black Church in Lawrence County
By Betty Hoover DiRisio, LCHS VolunteerEdited by Kathleen A. Mooney, LCHS Webmaster & Volunteer St Luke African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church is the oldest Black congregation church and one of…
1947 ESSO Oil ad in an aviation magazine
The Flying Wilsons: Maxine and Findley
Maxine Anderson Wilson learned to fly after marrying her husband, pilot Findley Wilson in 1937. In 1939 she was the first District woman to hold a private license, and the…