Down a tiny back road southeast of Breckenridge, out of sight but within earshot of Illinois 29, stands a century-old monument to the legal career of Abraham Lincoln. Nearly forgotten today, it is one ...
NEW BEDFORD ‒ Coshocton County native Solomon Duncan served four years in the Union Army during the Civil War, surviving the conflict unscathed. But he didn't make it home alive. Five months after the ...
Driving along U.S. Route 50, the John Mosby Highway, one might notice a lone upright stone by a gnarled and spreading tree. The site is on the south side of the highway, a few hundred yards east of ...
Support journalism that digs deeper into topics that matter most to ArkLaTex. Donate today to preserve the quality and integrity of local journalism. TEXARKANA, Texas -- Two Texas Historical Markers ...
ODESSA, Fla. (AP) - Archaeologists will soon start the search for Keystone Memorial Cemetery, believed to have been forgotten 70 years ago among the 130 acres that today make up Bay Tree Farm. But ...
This week, NPR begins its series Off The Mark, about the nation's historical markers. There are more than 180,000 markers across the country. Have you ever stopped to read one? Well, NPR has spent the ...
How many times have you passed a historical marker on the side of the road or stood in front of one on the street and wondered, who writes these things? Who decided this needed to be here? NPR has ...