New exhibits at Minnetrista highlight Delaware County’s connection to major American milestones using artifacts, photos and ...

Public libraries gather a wide variety of materials to build a local history reference collection (LHRC), everything from cemetery records to hand-tied flies for anglers’ poles to whatever patrons ...

Find out what has already been written and published locally, about your area or your topic. See what other people have done already and examine their work with a critical eye - does it ring true, are ...

A forgotten Riverhead stadium where Satchel Paige pitched in 1950 inspired Riverhead Free Library’s new “Riverhead Remembers” ...

Fife Lake Elementary third graders in Michigan participate in an annual field trip to learn about their local history, ...

Genealogy experts say historical newspapers are a goldmine for uncovering family history and local community roots.

Braxton Bragg was a West Point-trained U.S. Army officer who became one of the Confederacy's most prominent — and most criticized — generals in the Western Theater, commanding what became the Army of ...