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New book highlights West Virginia's historical markers Follow Us Question of the Day       CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) - A book describing each of West Virginia’s roadside historical markers has been published. “Signs of the Times: West Virginia’s Highway Historical Marker Program” was published by the state Department of Arts, Culture and History. A historical marker book for West Virginia was published in 2002 but had not been updated until now. The book is 334 pages and includes nearly 200 historical photographs and an index, according to a news release from Gov. Jim Just...

New NC highway markers will highlight local history, lore MARTHA QUILLIN, The News & Observer April 24, 2021 FacebookTwitterEmail RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Poor Naomi Wise: spurned by her lover, fished lifeless from a river, the crime of her North Carolina murder unpunished. The story of her violent end in the spring of 1807 has been told and retold millions of times through one of America’s best-known folk songs, with varying themes. Was she killed by the father of her unborn child so that he wouldn’t have to marry her or support the baby? Was she trying to extort money from a man to raise ...

NH artist’s sculpture of singer joins exhibit A sculpture by Winslow Eaves depicting Marian Anderson, a champion of civil rights and singer from the mid-1900s. Modified: 1/19/2021 11:15:05 AM The Black Heritage Trail of New Hampshire, a nonprofit organization that brings attention to the state’s African-American history, will extend its reach to Andover to mark the lives of noted residents Richard Potter and Winslow Eaves. The expansion was prompted by the donation of a sculpture created by Eaves, who lived in Andover for 50 years, moving there in 1952. The sculpture depicts Marian Anders...