Stories by author "Amanda Higgins": 3
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Ted Poston: "Dean of Black Journalists"
Ted Poston, the subject of historical marker #2518, in Hopkinsville, was the “Dean of Black Journalists.” For 36 years, from 1936 until his retirement in 1972, Mr. Poston wrote for the New York Post…
Milford: 1st Seat of Madison County
Historical Marker 2617 notes the first seat of Madison County: Milford. The county was formed from Lincoln County in 1785, by an act of the Virginia General Assembly, and became an officially…
Fairness Ordinance
Historical Marker #2595 commemorates the historic passage of the first county-wide Fairness Ordinance in Kentucky, by the Lexington-Fayette Urban County Government (LFUCG) on July 9, 1999.
In…