The county was named for Elmer Scipio Dundy who was born in Ohio in 1830, and taught school in Pennsylvania while studying law. Admitted to the bar in 1853, Dundy arrived in Nebraska by steamboat and ...

Train travel isn't what it used to be in America. In fact, these states don't have any Amtrak service at all. Luckily, Amtrak ...

There was a different twist on history during the March 6 First Thursday History Presentation at the Jamestown Public Library. Jamestown resident Jim Lutzweiler critiqued the book “The Demon of ...

Last year, on June 14, representatives from the Underground Railroad Consortium of New York State (URCNYS) held a public ...

A new exhibit at the Plano African American Museum focuses on the women who organized the Underground Railroad to Mexico, a ...

Calvary United Methodist Church and the citizens of Mount Airy have a long and rich history and tradition of attending to the ...

On the outskirts of Cairo, along Highway 2, sits Ol' Ironsides BBQ & Banquet Hall. The name references the railroad tracks ...

With seasonal chill still in the air, the sounds of railroad horns and bells emanating from Connersville’s south side makes ...

“By the 1830s, cotton had emerged as the nation ... The Hidden History of the Underground Railroad.” J.D.B. De Bow, editor of the era’s premier Southern monthly, wrote in 1860 that New ...

Railbookers has an 11-day train itinerary called "Grand Alaska Adventure with Alaska Railroad Southbound." The journey includes stops at two state parks: Kenai Fjords National Park and Denali ...

The Finger Lakes are known for its magnificent lakes, hiking trails amidst unique landscapes, vineyards and countless small towns that dot the region. The region is also steeped in history and ...

Dudley became North Carolina's first popularly elected governor in 1836 and was the first president of the Wilmington and Raleigh Railroad Co ... well before the 1830s. According to Wrenn ...