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Erie man discovers early Underground Railroad station and once-enslaved couple who ran it
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 1 year agoThe site of a previously unknown Underground Railroad station in Erie will be commemorated by a new...
From the archive: The agonizing death of Detroit’s old city hall
Detroit Free Press via Yahoo News· 3 weeks agoFree Press Flashback revisits the beginning of the end of Detroit’s ornate seat of government. The...
Reveal planned of contents found in South Dakota monument
South Dakota Searchlight via Yahoo News· 1 month agoLINCOLN, Nebraska — We’ll soon know whether some documents buried inside a concrete monument erected...
Lake St. Clair, a destination for fun and source of life, drives $1.6 billion in impact
Detroit Free Press via Yahoo News· 10 months agoSailboats in summer; blue ice in bleak winter. Lake St. Clair's beauty crosses all seasons as its...
Activist Willie Earl Vereen, a pardoned member of the Wilmington Ten, dies
Gannett via AOL· 1 week agoWillie Earl Vereen, who with nine other activists served jail time as members of the Wilmington Ten...
Project under way to restore historic Hotel Thelma
Bluefield Daily Telegraph, W.Va. via Yahoo News· 1 year agoFeb. 18—The long-abandoned Hotel Thelma's faded cinderblock exterior sits now in contrast to the large 'block glass" windows in front that beckon to a past when it was once a haven for African-American ...
Nightclubs, hook-up spots, an accepting church: Examining Portsmouth's LGBTQ+ history
Portsmouth Herald via Yahoo News· 11 months agoA Portsmouth Historical Society walking tour titled “‘Gay’ Old Times: Stories of Portsmouth’s LGBTQ+...
Mark Bennett: September sounds reveal essence of Terre Haute's Brick Piano
The Tribune-Star, Terre Haute, Ind. via Yahoo News· 2 years agoSep. 16—Thirteen missing black keys from a symbolic piano epitomize one of Terre Haute's most underestimated resources — music. Vandals plucked the granite keys from the marble keyboard of the ...