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The small, rural community of Sweet Home is a majority-Black community in Pulaski County. Of more than two dozen communities in Arkansas named Sweet Home to have obtained a post office (on May 29, 1877), this is the only community to have maintained it to the present.

100 years ago today, the memorial statue of Daniel S. Dickinson, Broome Countys noted Civil War statesman, is now being cast at a foundry in New York City.

In a nearly forgotten area along the banks of the White River in downtown Indianapolis lay buried gems of the past. These gems are the human remains of notable leaders who lived extraordinary lives, including the first Black landowner in Indiana.

In a nearly forgotten area along the banks of the White River in downtown Indianapolis lay buried gems of the past. These gems are the human remains of notable leaders who lived extraordinary live

Frederick Dozier Gardner was a St. Louisan who ran a casket company and as the state governor, improved its financial standing.

Clarence Wilson, former Milton resident, helped turn the Prohibition movement into an effective political force that culminated in the 18th Amendment.

Oregon State University boasts a rich historical tapestry, with its roots extending to the 1860s when it emerged as a church-affiliated institution. OSU’s religious history began when Orceneth Fisher, a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, purchased the financially troubled Corvallis College in 1860 and subsequently transferred its ownership to the church. This establishment...

These two images, taken about 90 years apart, show the Bever House on Little Lake Street across from the Art Center in Mendocino.

Arguably the most storied house in all of Lynchburg, the Poston House at 1104 Jackson St., is on the market for $289,000 after an extensive two-year renovation. You may know it by a different name — the Rocking Cradle House.

A local Civil War monument is a broken remnant, but the legacy of the men it honored, such as J.T. Ayers, lives on.