Like many communities in the 19th century, when a rail line opened in an area, it was one more step out of the wilderness.

The Vicksburg National Military Park today stretches over 1800 acres worth of ravines, woods, and fields. The Vicksburg ...

This article was written by James Holloway, Special to The Post. Buffalo Bill’s Wild West, a three-hour extravaganza of Sioux ...

Ludlow, Colorado, 1914: eleven thousand mine workers had been on strike for seven months against John D. Rockefeller’s ...

In 1853, it originally was planned that Iowa’s first railroad the Mississippi & Missouri would connect Davenport with Council Bluffs, this railroad went bankrupt before getting even halfway across the ...

Mississippi will no longer require high school students to pass a U.S. History state assessment for graduation starting in ...

Mississippi high school seniors will no longer have to take the statewide history exam to graduate. Thursday, the State Board of Education voted to do away with giving and requiring seniors to take ...

The nation-state was to be situated across Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia and South Carolina, however plans ended abruptly in a violent early-morning shootout near Jackson State ...

HATTIESBURG, Miss. (WDAM) - New, cutting-edge technology has been developed that will help better preserve Mississippi history. College faculty, librarians and museum staff from across descended ...

IRONTON, Ohio (WSAZ) - Two historic sites that once served as safe havens for those escaping slavery are now officially part of the National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom.

The Grammy Museum Mississippi in Cleveland offers exhibits on Grammy history, dance, iconic instruments and much more. Special events include a "Women In the Round Concert" on July 2 and a Taylor ...

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 ...