The Underground Railroad was known for helping many enslaved people escape to freedom. It consisted of a network of people ...

Wheat production grew as new railroads connected farms and markets. In between 1875 and 1890, bonanza farms, as they were called, were created especially in the Red River Valley. They were funded by ...

It’s interesting how the southwest metropolitan area of the Twin Cities grew into a patchwork of cities, but there might have been more today if a few more places had survived. Today, we consider them ...

The Victorian Era was a time of the Industrial Revolution, with authors Charles Dickens and Charles Darwin, the railway and ...

Four great surveys of the Western United States took place in the 1860s and ’70s; two of these surveys shine light on when Mount Shavano was named.

The loss of the steamship Pacific on November 4, 1875, left the community of Victoria, British Columbia, in shock. Laden with at least 250 passengers and crew, along with 600 tons of cargo and gold ...

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Eventually they uncovered enough discarded rail material to fill Rojas’s car. Galindo says each object is unique and can be dropped, rolled and rattled to create rhythms and textures.

The suit by Sonoma Valley Next 100 seeks to scuttle the selection of developer Eldridge Renewal LLC, among other measures. For more stories about Sonoma Developmental Center, go to pdne.ws/3CvkMDS ...

This, as an effort that coincides with the 150th anniversary of the railroad's completion from Wallula to Walla Walla in 1875. The pre-1880 machine is known as the "Blue Mountain Locomotive." ...

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