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2 North Carolina ‘History on a stick’ signs found

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In this May 2016 photo, workers place the historic highway marker at St. Mary’s School in Raleigh, N.C. The director of the North Carolina highway marker program says the sign was stolen in October 2017 and quickly dropped off in a park after some St. Mary’s students learned of the theft on Snapchat. (Mary Virginia Swain via AP)

RALEIGH, N.C. – An agency in charge of North Carolina historical markers says two of five markers recently reported missing have been recovered.

More than 1,600 of the markers known as “history on a stick” stand along state roads, telling the stories of people and places that shaped the past.

North Carolina Highway Historical Markers says the two signs on Harkers Island were found thanks to the Carteret County Sheriff’s Office and rangers from the Cape Lookout National Seashore. The agency said the markers had been blown over during Hurricane Florence and were put away for safe keeping by the National Park Service.

The markers that typically contain about 30 words are popular with the public. The program began in 1936.

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