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 ...

He said he has always loved history, and he’s collected a whole lot of ... His father was tasked with setting the stops for the Cairo-Fulton Railroad which ran from Cairo, Illinois to Fulton, Arkansas ...

CAIRO, ill. (WSIL) — Fire officials responded to a building which collapsed in Cairo on Tuesday. Cairo Fire Chief John Meyer said it was a 3-story brick building which collapsed at 5:50 p.m ...

Nearly 170 years ago, Springfield had its own railroad station and the site of a Civil War skirmish, putting Springfield on the map for local historians. The station was not much more than a ...

The Arizona Eastern Railroad has a long tradition of serving Arizona’s mining and agricultural community. It was incorporated in 1904 by the Southern Pacific in response to the arrival of Frank ...

A Lexington group wants to educate the community about the city's history. Lewis and Harriet Hayden, who were once enslaved in Lexington, became prominent figures in the Underground Railroad.

The Memphis Flyer is Memphis’ alternative newsweekly, serving the metro Memphis area of nearly a million residents. The Flyer was started in 1989 by Contemporary Media, Inc., the locally owned ...

The National Railroad Museum is hosting a new series where the museum host's an exclusive, Behind the Scenes tour and one lecture event, "History after Dark". It goes beyond the public portion of ...

Illinois has a well-documented history as a removal state, meaning Native Americans were forcibly removed multiple times, including through the Trail of Tears. The Prairie Band Potawatomi’s land ...

June 17, 1861 it was the center of the Battle of Vienna between Union and Confederate troops 1870 the rail line was reorganized as the Washington and Ohio Railroad to haul coal 1874 the rail line ...