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.

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

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.

It’s widely understood that the late 19th century was an age of technological splendor and economic consolidation, and this is true enough. Thomas Scott and Cornelius Vanderbilt and Jay Gould ...