Historic Markers and Wayside Signage Initiatives highlight and celebrate local history, and seeks to recognize often under-represented history and places that may not be recognized by the conventional historic preservation mechanisms. Some important sites lack an above ground presence for example (as in archaeological resources, or the location of historic houses that have been demolished). In other cases, surviving physical resources are on private property, and not necessarily visible from the public way, and thus are not publicly accessible.

These markers, which commemorate historic structures, archaeological sites, and cultural landscapes, provide a powerful means of communicating with the public on important historic places that matter across the Heritage Area.