This man slipped and fell into a gap on the railroad, and a train ran over him: he however, survived to tell his story
Soon, Williams became a bit of a celebrity, earning him the nickname "the man who survived being buried alive."​ Following ...
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Employees moved further from city centers as industry grew in Broome. Why it happened
The arrival of the New York and Erie Railroad in Binghamton in 1848 changed everything ... They had to be within walking distance of their places of work. The arrival of the railroads began ...
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Boston Irish Heritage Trail expands across Central Massachusetts
A Celtic Cross at City Hall and a Blackstone Canal Builders sculpture are among the new sites on the expanded trail.
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Dan Rodricks: G. Krug of Baltimore, American democracy, and keeping what works
A sense of time surrounds you inside G. Krug & Son of Baltimore, said to be the oldest ironworks factory in the country. And ...
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$8.5 million awarded to preserve 30 Historically Black Churches across the U.S.
The National Trust for Historic Preservation’s African American Cultural Heritage Action Fund is awarding $8.5 million in ...
How the U.S. acquired its lands — as Trump eyes territorial expansion
President Donald Trump has repeatedly expressed interest in bringing Greenland and the Panama Canal under U.S. control and ...
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The 13 National Parks Devoted to Women’s History
She established many workplace benefits and safeguards we take for granted, including Social Security, unemployment compensation, a minimum wage and a 40-hour work week ... Harriet Tubman Underground ...
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Pennsylvania Railroad served Schuylkill for 80 years
The Engineering News and American Contract Journal ran a story about the Pennsylvania Railroad in Schuylkill County in 1885. ...