NPR's Juana Summers speaks with journalist Scott Shane, who traced the naming of the Underground Railroad back to the writings of the little-known 19th century abolitionist Thomas Smallwood.

The Polo Historical Society is applying to become a designated Network to Freedom site with the National Park Service after uncovering local ties to the Underground Railroad. The NPS program works in ...

Scholes, who grew up in Tacoma, told KIRO Newsradio he’s well aware of the impact of the 19th-century railroad decision on downtown Seattle and of other examples of the city’s grit.

A century after it was created, Texas Pacific still owned about one-third of the 3.5 million acres that the government had ...

HBO's popular historical drama The Gilded Age, created and written by Julian Fellowes, debuted in January 2022.

One of the Hottest Stocks in the Oil Patch Is a Defunct 19th-Century Railroad. A new approach to wringing cash from its swath of desert has Texas Pacific Land shares soaring. By .

The Minneapolis, St. Paul & Sault Ste. Marie Railway was the successor of other 19th-century railroads, including the Wisconsin Central Railway, which, as its name suggests, had a focus on rail ...

In the late 19th century, Yaquina City was the western terminus of the Oregon Pacific Railroad, and remnants of the old train ...

Search is on for Underground Railroad artifacts near 19th-century Boston home Published: Sep. 27, 2022, 11:01 a.m. 558 Massachusetts Ave. building in Boston's South End neighborhood.

Fort Wayne group acquires 19th century railroad station in Steuben County to aid tourism by: Clayton McMahan. Posted: Aug 11, 2023 / 05:05 PM EDT. Updated: Aug 11, 2023 / 05:36 PM EDT.