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Erasing Boundaries: The Forgotten History of Territorial Lawrence County in the Trans- Mississippi West 1815- 1836

Recovering a Forgotten History Once Steve Saunders of Imboden overlaid the 1815 footprint of Lawrence County over a regional map of the Ozarks uplands it became obvious that retrieving the settlement history of this vast region would be a major … Continue reading

LCHS Quarterly Meeting – Sunday July 10th, 2022 at 2:30 pm

The Lawrence County Historical Society will hold its quarterly meeting at the Powhatan Historic State Park on Sunday, July 10th at 2:30 p.m. After a short business meeting, Taylor Harbin will give a presentation on the murder of A.W. Shirey … Continue reading

LCHS Quarterly Meeting – Sunday July 11th, 2021 at 2:30 pm

The Lawrence County Historical Society will meet at 2:30 p.m. on Sunday,  July 11th 2021 at the Historic County Courthouse at Powhatan. When the Times Dispatch was sold in 2019, the Historical Society reached out to John & Renee Bland … Continue reading