Keen-eared Haywood residents might have heard a once-familiar sound begin returning over the last month. The lonesome whistle ...

Hop aboard history at the Illinois Railway Museum—ride vintage trains and explore America’s largest railway collection.

The arrival of railroads ... the Illinois Central, which became the benchmark of Illinois railroading for over a century. Sen. Stephen A. Douglas argued strenuously for a line from Cairo to ...

Several exhibit items from the Cleburne Railroad Museum were recently transported to Austin to be displayed in the Bullock Texas State History Museum. Something Cleburne Railroad Museum and ...

TAMAQUA — In a colorful parade that recalled a century of railroad history, tiny motorized rail cars passed through the borough Saturday morning on their way to Port Clinton. Speeders ...

Cairo’s post-lynching history emphatically repudiates that contention. Kathy Alexander, in her article “Cairo, Illinois – Death by Racism,” wrote, “Over the years, Cairo’s population ...

Local keepers of the history of the Underground ... the opportunity to inform the public about how Illinois was participatory in the Underground Railroad,” she said Friday.

Grant establishes headquarters at Cairo, Illinois. On September 3 ... of abuse and slander scarcely ever equaled in political history, which to-day I feel that I can afford to disregard in ...

Lincoln and incumbent senator Douglas squared off, of course, in the most famous debates in American history ... southern Illinois known as "Egypt" for its proximity to the city of Cairo.

LEWES, DE - The Lewes Junction Railroad & Bridge Association announced that they will be adding a new piece of railroad history to their track at the Lewes Junction. The association says a coal ...

The Underground Railroad Task force was established to help find the history of the Underground Railroad in Illinois, as well as help develop plans to better support the sites and those educating ...

"Mooseheart, Illinois — They disguise ... assigned as police garrisons in Cairo, among other locations. From their records, it seems that Cairo has a long history of racist violence and ...