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

CAIRO, Ill., Sunday, Oct. 8. The Mississippi Central Railroad will be in running order from Memphis in a few days, when passengers can reach New-Orleans in forty hours after leaving the former city.

GULFPORT, Miss. (WLOX) - The Mississippi Coast Railroad Museum is on track to become the largest railroad museum in the country. A multi-million dollar project will feature 50,000 square feet of ...

MSE, which began operations in 1922 after Gregory Luce purchased the Alabama & Mississippi Railroad and renamed it, is the north-south corridor connecting the Canadian National Railroad (CN) and the ...

The region is a wide, flat plain from Memphis, Tenn., to Vicksburg, Miss., along the Mississippi River, and it has big claims to America's Civil Rights history. Preservationists say now is the time to ...

Civil rights tourism may protect Mississippi history. March 14, 2023 5:00 AM ET. Heard on All Things ... Miss — On a remote country highway running along the railroad tracks in ...

FLOOD IN MISSISSIPPI.; Railroad Tie-Up Almost Complete -- Pearl River Still Rising -- Agricultural and Lumber Interests Damaged. Share full article. Special to The New York Times.

A beautiful Mississippi city that oozes Civil War history and timeless Southern charm is one of the Magnolia State's true cultural gems, where visitors can learn first-hand about the bloodiest war ...

Special to The Mississippi Press OCEAN SPRINGS, Mississippi -- Ship and Horn Islands, managed by Gulf Islands National Seashore, are now recognized as Underground Railroad sites. The announcement came ...

The Lake Superior & Mississippi Railroad held their first excursion train ride Saturday after a nearly three hiatus. The Duluth River Train travels down the tracks along the St. Louis river.