Robert Donaldson was born Oct. 13, 1828, in Perry County, Ohio. He was the son of Thomas Donaldson and Nancy Saffer Donaldson. Both natives of Virginia, Thomas and Nancy immigrated to Ohio in 1823 ...

During the Civil War, Confederates targeted free Black people in the North, kidnapping them to sell into slavery. After the ...

It represented the best of the community in 1913 when a church was involved in fundraising for repairs to its building after ...

Feb. 15, Hancock County Historical Society quarterly meeting will host Reg Ankrum, a resident of Quincy, speaking on “The Statehood of Illinois and County Formation.” He is a ...

In 1958, Williams chaired the Committee to Combat Racial Injustice, which organized to defend two Black boys, ages 7 and 9, ...

A new border between Lincoln County and Catawba County will be official February 2, but not without objections from some current Lincoln County residents. The new border shifts south, giving ...

For a family with ties to George Washington and a tangled web of businesses, very little remains in Nebraska to help others ...

Abraham Lincoln was assassinated 160 years ago. There had been four years of terrible conflagration and the loss of thousands of lives. I have chosen to honor Black History Month by featuring two of ...

The Lincoln County Genealogical Society will host “Civil War Field Medicine” presentation at its monthly meeting on Saturday, ...

Our first history program of the year will be held on Tuesday, Feb. 4, at 7 p.m., at the Vernon County History Center in ...

In the spirit of working together to build something bigger than ourselves — a more perfect and bipartisan union — the ...

Mill State Park will offer an event that explores the hardships winter presented for soldiers of the Civil War on Feb. 22-23. The Pioneer Village will be open from 11 a.m. until 3 p.m. each day with ...