Racine County Executive Jonathan Delagrave said creating the new access points are in support of improving connectivity, which was identified as a key community need through the county s Digital Counties
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Celebrating Black History Month: Black History of Highland County Pictured are members of the Lincoln School Class of 1910. (Photos courtesy of the Highland County Historical Society) Highland County is referenced in this excerpt from an anti-slavery newspaper, The Philanthropist, in July 1841. • • The following is an excerpt of a Black history project currently underway by Highland County Historical Society members Kati Burwinkel, Myra Phillips and John Glaze.
Black History of Highland County
Highland County was first settled in the New Market area around 1803. Prior to that, this area was home to various Native American tribes, including the Shawnee. It wasn’t long before early settlers brought along their slaves and Highland County’s Blac
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BACK IN TIME â Wayman Chapel A.M.E. Church at North Apperson and East Havens dates its history to 1851 in Ervin Township, when Mrs. Aliff Henley, a free woman of color who was once enslaved in North Carolina, deeded part of her land in the Rush Settlement to start the A.M.E. church in Howard County.
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