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Notice posted February 2019: This site is no longer being updated. For news from the Jefferson Count [...]

2018 Jefferson County Historical Commission Historic Preservation Symposium – “Building Community: A Historical Perspective”

The Jefferson County Historical Commission (JCHC) held its 2018 Historic Preservation Symposium on M [...]

2018 JCHC Historic Preservation Symposium – May 19, 2018

Registration is now open for the 2018 JCHC Historic Preservation Symposium.  This year the theme is [...]

Judges Wall Celebrated November 2nd

  by Bonnie Scudder, Chair, Jefferson County Historical Commission Judges Wall Project The Jefferson [...]

The Jefferson County Historical Commission 2017 Hall of Fame and Historic Preservation Awards

The Jefferson County Historical Commission Hall of Fame and Historic Preservation Awards event was h [...]

OPEC enacts oil embargo

The Arab-dominated Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) announces a decision to cut [...]

Al Capone goes to prison

On October 17, 1931, gangster Al Capone is sentenced to 11 years in prison for tax evasion and fined [...]

Olympic protestors stripped of their medals

On October 17, 1968, Olympic gold medalist Tommie Smith and bronze medalist John Carlos are forced t [...]

President Ford explains his pardon of Nixon to Congress

On October 17, 1974, President Gerald Ford explains to Congress why he had chosen to pardon his pred [...]

The first resolution formally creating the Texas Rangers is approved

On October 17, 1835, Texans approve a resolution to create the Texas Rangers, a corps of armed and m [...]

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