Washingtonians in 1860 could take trains directly to Baltimore and from there to Philadelphia, Harrisburg, or the trans-Appalachian West. A journey from Alexandria to Richmond, however, required a ...

As part of a bilateral commitment to focus on winning World War II, over 100,000 contracts were signed between 1943 and 1945 to recruit and transport Mexican workers to the United States for ...

Austin tiptoed through the Civil War. The major battlefields lay hundreds of miles away. Much of the Texas capital's business was put on hold. Union and Confederate sympathizers skirmished in the Hill ...

INSIDE THE B AND O RAILROAD MUSEUM, YOU’LL FIND CENTURIES WORTH OF RAILROAD HISTORY. SO MUCH OF IT IS ALSO BLACK HISTORY. AS WE GEAR UP FOR OUR 200TH ANNIVERSARY IN 2027, YOU CAN REALLY SEE THAT BLACK ...

The first tracks. From wagonways to railroads ; The father of railroads ; Powering the engine ; The first American railroads ; The early years of American steam ; Europe takes to the rails ; Map : ...