Despite dire warnings of catastrophe, the deregulation of surface transportation in the 1970s delivered huge benefits to ...

The Underground Railroad was an important movement that took place during the 19th century, when the enslaved who sought ...

How Jay Gould Built Wall Street’s Biggest Fortune” by Greg Steinmetz is a captivating, well-researched biography of the legendary 19th century financier and railroad magnate, who was among the most ...

After significant public backlash, the U.S. National Park Service has restored its original webpage on the history of the ...

Some of America’s greatest natural wonders don’t demand passports or plane tickets – they’re quietly waiting in places like northern Pennsylvania, where the Bucktail Scenic Byway cuts a 100-mile path ...

Public art is the pulse of downtown Fargo, blanketing walls of alleyways and building facades. There’s also a profound maker ...

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — A group of South Knoxville homeowners is suing the federal government over a " Rails to Trails " project ...

The Advocate highlights social inequality through original stories and opinions, and content generated by fellow NNPA and other publications ...

A National Park Service webpage about the Underground Railroad has been edited to remove references to slavery and racial ...

Natural gas often gets the credit, but it was really the railroads that made Muncie — a fact I try to remind myself of every ...

Richard White, the historian and author of "The Republic for Which It Stands," explains what made the late 19th century ...

The late 19th century saw the phenomenal growth of the railroads and their rapid expansion across the United States.