What did the Civil War do to railroading? The changes were rapid, profound, lasting, and formed the real basis of truly ...

The Houston Chronicle's editorial board has won a Pulitzer Prize in Editorial Writing for its coverage of the dangers of ...

The Historic Mifflin House, a Wrightsville farmhouse that sheltered freedom seekers fleeing from slavery in the 1800s, joined ...

A Disney Imagineer helped the owners bring the rusted train tracks back to life.

Mahoney, who also created the mural of the civil rights leader the Rev. Dr. C.T. Vivian in downtown Macomb, said the ...

The Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad Visitor Center is one of two national historical parks keeping the abolitionist's legacy alive.

The Mifflin farmstead in Hellam Township will be open to the public on a limited basis starting later this month, according to a news release.

Tom Shepard said the Underground Railroad is ignored despite Chicago’s South Side and south suburbs identified as home to ...

Illinois has a deep connection to the Underground Railroad. That's why lawmakers are pushing an initiative to preserve sites ...

On April 26, the Holy Trinity Quilting Queens will host a talk on “Pre-Civil War Quilts: Secret Codes to Freedom on the Underground Railroad.” Connie Martin, an Illinois Humanities Road ...

Officials at Cincinnati's Freedom Center learned last week that the history they tell about the Underground Railroad conflicts with a revised version favored by the Trump administration.

Leslie Pielack has been surprised at the numbers of people who have visited a traveling exhibit highlighting Oakland County connections to the Underground Railroad. “It’s unbelievably popular ...