Abraham Lincoln said goodbye to his friend for the last time as they left the meeting that afternoon. It was Friday, April 14 ...

The city’s early history was inextricably linked to slavery through its many cotton mills where young women from rural New ...

The heroic conductor on the Underground Railroad was reared on the site in the wilderness of Maryland’s Eastern Shore.

Secret tunnels and rooms fueled rumors of a connection to the Underground Railroad, though historians largely debunked ... is ...

Rebel Railroad opened in 1961 and featured an interactive Civil War-themed train ride where participants fought against Union troops. Rebel Railroad became Goldrush Junction in 1964, and later ...

Railroad workers, Library of Congress In the years following the Civil War, railroads were privately owned and entirely unregulated. Though each company held a natural monopoly as long as it ...

Former Fond du Lac Mayor Isaac Brown built the Octagon House in 1856, and it almost didn't survive the 1970s. Here's the ...

Degener, B&O Railroad Museum March 10, 2025 Olive W. Dennis was the First Female Civil Engineer employed by ... and during the Second World War, she concurrently worked as the Engineer of Service ...

The cemetery is Minnesota’s newest landmark on the National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom. Hare was a black Union soldier during the American Civil War before re-enlisting with the ...