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Family of the late country music legend and Raleigh County native, “Little Jimmy” Dickens, will honor his memory this weekend.

For more than 200 years, Lawrence County has been forging its own history.

Lehi is getting ready to mark 36 of its most famous locationswith large historic markers that will be hard to miss. “It’s just almost too good to be true,” said Lara Bangerter, director of the Lehi Historical Society and Archives and founder of the Lehi, Utah, Historical Marker Program. “Thanks to a very generous donation from the […]

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ROCKY MOUNT, N.C. (AP) -- An historical marker alerting motorists that 1912 two-time Olympic gold medalist Jim Thorpe once played pro baseball in eastern

The marker, which reads 'Indiana LGBTQ Pride' was put up May 27 and is the result of a two-year collaboration between Indy Pride and the Indiana Historical Bureau.

The first Black woman licensed to practice law in North Carolina had a historical maker named in her honor on a highway in her hometown, Goldsboro, on

The first female African American lawyer to get a license to practice law in North Carolina — and Goldsboro native — Ruth Whitehead Whaley will be honored with a historical

Indiana to unveil a marker honoring a Black soldier whose career spanned from the trenches of World War I to officer training at an American college.

The Indiana Historical Bureaus Historical Marker Program helps celebrate Morgan Countys 200 years of history.