The Wiregrass Archives at Troy University-Dothan recently completed the Alabama Historical Marker Digital Enhancement Project, a grant-funded project that created a public-facing digital map for historical markers across the state.
A partnership between the Alabama Historical Association Marker Committee, Alabama Heritage magazine and the Encyclopedia of Alabama, the project created a digital map of 218 Alabama Historical Association…
Troy University is one of four organizations working to digitize Alabama historical markers thanks to a grant from the Alabama Humanities Alliance.
Troy University is one of four partners to be awarded a grant from the Alabama Humanities Alliance to begin a digital enhancement project of Alabama Historical Association (AHA) markers.
The project’s end result will produce a publicly-facing digital map that displays “click-over” popups showing marker locating information, marker text, one or more related photographs and…
The marker and grant was provided by the William G. Pomeroy Foundation.
A historical marker dedicated to the significance of boiled peanuts in Dothan’s culinary and agricultural history was unveiled Wednesday morning on the Dothan Campus.
Provided by the William G. Pomeroy Foundation’s Hungry for History Marker Program, the marker commemorates boiled peanuts as an important food identified as part of Dothan’s history and heritage.
After local historian…
The new historical marker is located in front of John Lewis' childhood home off Gardner Bassett Road just outside of Troy.
The birthplace of the late Congressman John Robert Lewis now bears a historic marker, recognizing the significance that this tract of land off Gardner Bassett Road just outside of Troy had on the Civil Rights icon’s life and legacy.
Unveiled during a special ceremony on Saturday, the marker was a project of The John R….