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Who’s Playing Who? Talking Tombstones 2022

To purchase pre-sale tickets please visit https://tombstones22.eventbrite.com before Friday, Oct. 7 at 4pm....

Oakland Story: Part II

Last month I began the story of the settlement of Oakland as told by Mr....

Local History is GROOVY! Hay Bale Competition Contest Entry

LOCAL HISTORY IS GROOVY! The History Center has entered the 2022 Schappacher Farms community hay...

The Oakland Settlement – Part One

The information for this article was found in The Wilmington Journal published August 22, 1872....

Talking Tombstones is BACK! Second Annual Cemetery Walk – Oct. 8 2022

People are dying to get in for our second annual cemetery walk, just ask your...

In Memory: Douglass McKay, 2022

We are extremely sorry to learn of the loss of beloved former Southern State Community...

Throwback Thursday Update: Bond, Not Bend

Voted ’Typical Farm Family’ - Mr. and Mrs. Delbert Bend and children - voted "Typical...

What Local History Matters? Cheshier Family, “Double First Cousins” Of Eli Harvey

Why local history matters — Have you ever wanted to meet the “double first-cousins” of...

Moon works shine brightly here, across US

Written by Neil Snarr, contributing columnist for the Wilmington News Journal. Published online July 13,...

POLITICS AND GOSSIP FROM 1872

This information is gleaned from the March issues of the 1872 Wilmington Journal and complied...