Press coverage from the media & other sources
news articles, video clips, and press releases
Mike, a public historian, is frequently quoted and mentioned in stories in the news media and articles published by historical, genealogical, and professional societies. You will find links to a selection of those articles and video clips on this page.
news articles, video clips, and press releases
Mike, a public historian, is frequently quoted and mentioned in stories in the news media and articles published by historical, genealogical, and professional societies. You will find links to a selection of those articles and video clips on this page.
Historian Mike Dixon is Discussing Mayhem on the Railroads, May 2, 2025, WBOC, Salisbury
We're Talking About the First Ever Automobiles with Historian Mike Dixon, April 24, 2025, WBOC, Salisbury
History Center Presents: Where the Sheriff was the Executioner: January, 2025, The Evolving History of Capital Punishment in New jersey -- A talk at the Avalon Library.
Maryland Lynching Truth and Reconciliation Commission Hearing, Bel Air, MD. October 26, 2024. -- The Commission was established by the State Legislature and charged with holding hearings. This is the testimony at the hearing for northeastern Maryland.
More than 100 years late, lynchings get a hearing, Washington Post, October 25, 2024
Eastern Shore Church Added to National Underground Railroad Network, April 26, 2024
Community remembers longtime Cecil Whig editor Terry Peddicord, Cecil Whig, Jan. 12, 2024
Keynote Speaker Discusses Richness of African American History at NAACP Banquet, November 4, 2023
Prohibition: The Rise and Fall: Interview with Historian Mike Dixon, WBOC, Salisbury, July 14, 2023
History With Purpose -- WILMU, the publication for the Wilmington University Community, New Castle, Spring 2023
Pennsylvania and Maryland Fought for 80 Years over boundary: Then came the Mason-Dixon Line, WITF, Harrisburg, June 7, 2023
Historian Interviewed by TV Station After Loss of Historic Hotel, WJZ-TV Baltimore, May 23, 2023
Local Freedom Rider Remembers Journey for Justice, an interview on WMAR-TV Baltimore Feb. 21, 2023
Bridging the Gap, an interview on WMAR-TV 2 Baltimore, Feb. 9, 2023
Researching Indigenous Land Ownership, Dec. 23, 2022
How weather played role in Pan American Flight 214 Tragedy, Fox Weather, Dec. 8, 2022
Why Election Day is a Tuesday in November: a history of voting in Cecil County, Chesapeake Publishing, Nov. 7, 2022
Mike Dixon Gives us a History Lesson on the Mason Dixon Line, WBOC, Salisbury, Oct. 24, 1922
The Rise and Fall of Prohibition, a program for the Nashua, NH Library, Oct. 2, 2022
Today on WBOC's Delmarva Life -- Mike Dixon talks about Life in the Past Lane, Aug. 22, 2022
Today on WBOC's Delmarva Life -- Mike Dixon talks about Tales the Tombstones Whisper, Aug 22, 2022
Interview With WBAL-TV About Hurricane Agnes, June 24, 2022
Hall of Fame Inducts Dixon, Ocean City, June 24, 2022
The US highway that helped break segregation, BBC, March 7, 2022
Today on WBOC's Delmarva Life --Mike Dixon is in the studio to tell us about prohibition on Delmarva, Nov. 24, 2021
Dixon Inducted into Harford Cecil Firefighter's Hall of Fame, Sept. 27, 2021
Delmarva Life Talks to Historian Mike Dixon About Tracing Your Family Roots, WBOC Salisbury, Aug. 20, 2021
We Talk to Historian Mike Dixon About Murder and Mayhem on Railroads, WBOC Salisbury, Aug. 10, 2021
Echoes of the Past: 100 Years Apart, Parallels in Spanish Flu and COVID-19, Delaware State News, Dover, March 7, 2021
Today on WBOC's Delmarva Life - CSI: The Historical Edition, an interview with Mike Dixon about the history of crime scene investigations, WBOC, Salisbury, Feb. 19, 2021
How One Small Maryland Town Became the Marriage Capital of the East Coast in the Early 20th Century, Time Magazine, Feb. 11, 2021
Today on Delmarva Life, Historian Mike Dixon Discusses Delmarva during the 1918 Pandemic, WBOC, Salisbury, Jan. 15, 2021.
New Research on Lynchings in Frederick and Cecil Counties, Truth First, April 2020, the newsletter of the Maryland Lynching Memorial Project.
Faculty Focus -- Harford County Civil Rights Project -- Fall 2019 from the Harford Community College Magazine
Time Marches On: Wilmington University History Adjunct Michael Dixon Teaches students how to conduct investigations into a well-hidden past. WilmU, the Official Magazine of Wilmington University, Fall 2019
Lynching in Maryland, 3rd Annual Conference presented by the Maryland Lynching memorial Project, Oct. 17, 2020
Dixon Reappointed to Historic District Commission, Cecil County Government, March 3, 2020
Newarkers reminisce about Robert F. Kennedy funeral train , Newark Post, Oct. 30, 2019
DAR Chapter Honors Historian Mike Dixon, Cecil Whig, May 13, 2019
Dixon is the Recipient of Historic Preservation Award, May 11, 2019
Maryland Public Television Airs Special on the Chesapeake and Delaware Canal, April 22, 2019
Harford Community College Awarded NEH Grant, Feb. 26, 2019
Historian to Discuss Women's Suffrage at N.E. Library, Cecil Whig, Jan. 31, 2019
Cecil County Man Named to National Fire Heritage Center, Dec. 19, 2018
Logistics of Victory: Moving the American Siege Artillery to Yorktown by William W. Reynolds, Military Collector & Historian: Journal of the Company of Military Historians, Winter 2018.
Cardin, Castle Celebrate National Trails Day on Chesapeake City Trail, Cecil Whig, June 3, 2018
Reading Between the Line Opens at Heritage Frederick, Frederick News Post, May 2, 2018
The People's View: Constructing History through Collective Memory. By Magnolia Molcan, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, April 2, 2018
Cecil County: The Presidential Connection. Cecil Guardian, March 8 2018
Public Historian Mike Dixon's passion for history extends beyond the classroom Harford Community College, June 21, 2017
Documenting a Forgotten Line of Duty Death: 1927 Accident Takes Life of Harford County Fire Chief, the Volunteer Trumpet. June 2017
I Teach at Harford: A 60th Anniversary Campaign Featuring the faculty, May 20, 2017
Dixon Reappointed to County Historic District Commission, Cecil Guardian Feb. 23, 2017
History of the Sassafras With Historian Mike Dixon, The Chestertown Spy, Oct. 20, 2016
An East Coast Wedding Hub Faces End of an Era, A Wall Street Journal Video, Oct 19. 2016
Las Vegas of the East Braces for Its Last 'I Do,' The Wall Street Journal, Oct. 19, 2016
Extra, Extra! Read All About it Newspapers as Primary Sources, the Maryland Humanities Council Blog, Sept. 14, 2016
Delaware Technical & Community College, Georgetown Campus, Enrichment Courses, Autumn 2016
Editorial: Coming Full Circle, the Aegis, Bel Air, MD. June 29, 2016
Bel Air honors efforts to remember fallen officer, Baltimore Sun, June 25, 2016
Let's Move -- Exploring the Past That is All Around Us, a segment aired on WYPR (Baltimore) for the Maryland Humanities Council, May 26, 2016
Dixon Speaks traces evolution of Maryland graveyards at annual meeting of the Coalition to Protect Maryland Burial Sites, April 30, 2016, Elkridge, MD.
Digitization of Cecil County Slave Records Aid Research on Black History , Feb. 26, 2016, The Crowley Company
Mike Dixon Teaches Through the Power of the Internet, Delmarva Quarterly, Salisbury, Feb. 1, 2016
Dixon to Speak to Sussex County Genealogical Society, Cape Gazette January 16, 2016
History Buffs Spellbound by Tales of Delaware Cemeteries, the Wilmington News Journal, January 2, 2016
An Interview on Harford County Radio Station WMGD, the Point, Aug. 2, 2015
Cecil County History Detective -- Cecil County Life, Spring/Summer 2015
Gone but no longer forgotten, Bel Air Police searching for family of fallen officer from 1920, Balimore Sun, July 8, 2015
A Common Interest in Our Local History on Ed Carey's blog
Carroll County's 177th Birthday Celebration, The Mason Dixon Line, Community Media Center, Westminster, MD., January 2015
Rum at the Court House, Cobblestones, New Castle, DE. January 18, 2015
History Detective: Historian Mike Dixon dedicates his life to investigating the past and finds some surprising answers, Cecil County Life, Jan. 7, 2015
Collecting War Stories: Vietnam Veterans Listening Station is Open . . . Cecil Life Magazine, Fall/Winter 2014
AAHGS News -- Delaware Afro-American Historical & Genealogical Society Effectively Focuses on its Mission, August 2014
Vietnam Remembrance Program Seeks Oral Histories, Artifacts, Cecil Whig, August 16, 2014
Milton prohibition exhibit toasts rum runners and temperate women, Delaware Coast Press, March 21, 2014
Remembering the Souls of Flight 214: Pan Am Plane Bursts into Flames Over Maryland 50 Years Ago, Killing 11 from Lehigh Valley Region, Allentown Morning Call, Dec 8, 2013
Delving into Delaware's Past -- Video from Content Delaware about doing research in the library.
Communicating During the War of 1812: Professor Sheds Light on Media Outlets During the War of 1812 -- The Calvert Recorder, Prince Frederick, MD., Nov. 15, 2013
NAACP Honors Dixon With Community Service Award, Oct. 19, 2013
Dixon Presents Rise and Fall of Prohibition, Milford LIve, Oct. 16, 2013
250th Anniversary of the Mason-Dixon Line, WBFF Fox 45, Baltimore, August 7, 2013
Humanities Connection - The Mason-Dixon Line on its 250th Anniversary -- A WYPR Public Radio Show, Baltimore, MD, July 29, 2013
History Detective: Historian Looks to the past to solve family mysteries, research century-old riddles -- Cecil Whig, July 29, 2013
Maryland Residents Deadly Plane Crash 50 Years Ago -- Fox 45 Baltimore, July 9, 2013
News Journal Video: Service honors Wilmington officer slain in 1891, May 2, 2013
Tribute held for Wilmington police officer slain in line of duty in 1891, News Journal, May 5, 2013
Wilmington Department of Police to Dedicate Headstone to Fallen Officer Charles Schultz, News Release, Wilmington Department of Public Safety, May 1, 2013
The British are coming! Spreading the News about the War of 1812, Cecil County Public Library Blog, April 22, 2013
History Sleuth Rights an Injustice for Slain City Policeman, Wilmington, News Journal, Feb. 5, 2013
Historian to Review News Coverage of the War of 1812, Main Street Annapolis, Feb. 2, 2013
Wilmington University Offers New Course on Delaware History, College of Arts & Sciences Newsletter, Spring 2013
The Mason Dixon Line and its 250 Years of History, Cecil County Life, Fall/Winter 2012
Families Tour University of Delaware's Haunted History, The UD Review, Oct. 8, 2012
Charlestown takes a stroll through history, Cecil Whig, August 17, 2012
Historian Leads War of 1812 Walking Tour, The Cecil Guardian, August 2, 2012
Developer's Plan for Former Jail Worries Historians, Cecil Whig, July 12, 2012
"Committed: Marriage in America," an interview on the BackStory, a National Public Radio Program , July 15, 2012
Capacity Crowd Listens to Dixon Talk About Elkton's Marriage History May 26, 2012
State Humanities Council features talks by historian Mike Dixon, Humanities, the National Endowment for the Humanities, March/April 2011
Get started in genealogy at Federalsburg library, Times-Record, Denton, MD. Feb. 20, 2011
When Radio, Television and Mass Communication Came of Age, Delaware Press Association, Sept. 2010
Dixon's class explores cemeteries, Rising Sun Herald, April 5, 2010
Elkton Fights to Save Downtown, Cecil Whig, April 2, 2009
A festival of books -- Dixon talks about the Mason Dixon Line, Kent County News, May 10, 2009
Kent Co. Library patrons given how to tips on researching an old house, Kent County News, April 2009
Covered Bridge Worth Funding, Cecil Whig, Nov. 10, 2008
Dixon blogs for a cause, Rising Sun Herald, Sept. 16, 2008
History Lives: Innovative programming at First State Heritage Park makes learning fascinating and fun, Delaware Today, July 18, 2008
Collections Development: School Board Minutes Added to Archive
Genealogy from the ground up, The Carroll County Times, April 21, 2008
Talking about tombstones, Kent County News, January 10, 2008
Historic homes can hold hidden treasures, Record Observer, Centreville, Nov. 21, 2007
From Past to Present: Discovering the history of your house, the Carroll County Times, Nov. 3, 2006
Home Movies Sought for Archives, Cecil Whig, Aug. 27, 2007
Spanning Time: TV show to feature covered bridges, Cecil Whig, Feb. 21, 2006
Genealogical group merges with historial society, Cecil Whig, August 2, 2005
President Dixon Steps Down, The Landing, January 2005
New course surveys communications history -- University of Delaware Daily, Nov. 5, 2004
Out of the Attic, Cecil Whig, March 31, 2004
Uncovering the Secrets of Your Old House, the Carroll County Times, March 19, 2003
Today Meets the Yesterday at Elk Landing, January 15, 2003
Today Show Interview, January 4, 2003
Editorial -- Elkton citizen of the year promotes, past, future -- Cecil Whig, April 29, 2002
The Marrying Place: 21921, National Geographic, Feb. 2002
Lecture dives into history of C & D Canal, News Journal, Wilmington, Nov. 7, 2001
Dixon addresses the annual meeting of the Coalition to Protect Maryland Burial Sites, April 21, 2001
Elk Landing surpasses first year's goal, Cecil Business Ledger, April 2001
History of area brought to light, Baltimore Sun, Dec. 26, 2000
Internet speeds genealogy search, The News Journal, March 5, 1998
Taking the past into the future; CBL Talks With Mike Dixon, Cecil Business Ledger, February 1998