A state historian stated the news hit Utah "like a bombshell".

Later, he took interest in history, and received the position as South Dakota's state historian.

Thomas F. Schwartz, the state historian, looked to history.

Plomley was conservative by temperament and a traditional state historian.

Christopher Collier, the state historian, said country stores still provide an important function in their communities, but are no longer vital.

Somehow, he finds time to be the state historian.

In an age of political correctness, Connecticut's state historian can be most politically incorrect and that doesn't seem to bother him at all.

Entries typically include an old photograph of the subject and are written by state historians and other freelance writers.

The population as various state historian is constantly changing and always improving.

"Nobody seems to know how to stop it," said Christopher Collier, a former state historian.