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Yesteryear - Tolona School

August 10, 2022

The public school in Tolona, as it looked around 1900. The design of the building with a belfry and side windows followed a pattern that was almost...

Yesteryear - Brush College

August 10, 2022

This was Brush College in 1904. Brush College was located about six miles south of LaBelle at Junction 156 and Route D. Identification (many are...

Yesteryear - Lloyd Shoup Ford Agency

The Lloyd Shoup Ford agency in Lewistown was obviously doing a fine business from the looks of the Model T Fords in a variety of body styles that...

50 Years of Highland Basketball

The Highland Tournament began a tradition of basketball 50 years ago with a multitude of talent and tradition of dedicated players and coaches,...

These old photos provided by Mike Lowe of LaGrange, show road and highway construction probably sometime after 1931. Information on the backs of...

The late Burrell Smith is pictured receiving a special American Legion membership certificate from Dan Schmitz, Commander of the Lewistown Post 578. Smith passed away Feb. 10, 2022. He received many honors during his long life and had been a continuous member of the Lewis County Memorial Post 578 for over 70 years at the time of this photo.

Recollections of the late Burrell Smith

February 17, 2022

Rita Cox Editor Burrell Smith, age 103, passed away February 10, 2022. A lifelong resident of Lewis County, Mr. Smith had a vivid recollection of...

Referee Honored

January 12, 2022

Ed Heller of LaGrange, was honored at the 50 year celebration of the Highland Tournament. Heller refereed in the area for decades and was a...

January 12, 2022

The Highland Tournament began a tradition of basketball 50 years ago with a multitude of talent and a tradition of dedicated players and coaches,...

Pictured is the Ridge Garage on Main Street in LaGrange in 1973 after flood waters damaged the building and the Solter’s Superette building. The buildings collapsed, therefore ending an era. A new hardware store was built in the grocery store lot and was owned by John Solter, then was occupied by the Town and Country Bank for years, until last fall when a new facility was built on the west side of Main Street.

Yesteryear Photo

Backward Glances

25 Years Ago Press-News Journal July 8, 1993 The flood of 1993 will go in the record books. Lock 20 in Canton reported the tailwater Tuesday morning at 24.50 - the...

Backward Glances

95 YEARS AGO The Lewis County Journal June 29, 1923 Mrs. G. R. Primrose, 73, died June 16 at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Roy Millard at Gilead. Andrew Cissna,...

Backward Glances

45 YEARS AGO The Press-News Journal June 21, 1973 The Office of Aging reports that ten new Dodge buses have been delivered to the O.A.T.S office at Columbia. Just...

From the History of LaGrange book, this article was first printed in the Quincy Herald Whig in August of 1948. It read: Sam Fish after raising the top of his car to protect him from the hot July sun, buckles the straps to the dash board, preparatory to taking a pleasure spin in his 1906 model Sears automobile.

An Old Memory of Downtown LaGrange

Sam Fish was a staple of downtown LaGrange for many years and the Fish siblings, children of the late Freed and Norma Fish and grandchildren of the...

Backward Glances

45 Years Ago The Canton Press-News May, 1973 One hundred and two members of the 1973 graduating class at Highland High School received diplomas at Commencement exercises...

Yesteryear Photo

Wilma Chipman and her sister, Mae Mathes all dressed up in period costume with Wilma's team of ponies and buggy for the Bicentennial parade. In...

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