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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 ...
Historian and author Robert M. “Bert” Dunkerly of Richmond, Va., will present an online program on “Civil War Railroads” 6:30 p.m. Monday, Aug. 19, for the Inland Empire Civil War Round Table. The ...
To mark Martin Luther King Day, B&O Museum highlights railroads’ role from Civil War to civil rights
Karson Briggs stacked tiny metal squares atop his bridge of paper, pipe cleaners and straws until it collapsed under the weight of more than 2 pounds. It was a lesson in more than just physics. “In ...
HAMBURG, Pa. - An exhibit at the Reading Railroad Heritage Museum in Hamburg transports guests back to the Civil War era, taking a look at the role of the region's railroads during and after the ...
From May 3 to June 28, 1908, the Springfield Daily News and Press Republic published a series of letters by the Rev. J.R. Scurry, a local conductor on the Underground Railroad. This final installment ...
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Eric Arnesen is emerging as one of the most original and independent-minded historians of American labor. The author of a fine book on dockworkers in New Orleans and a famous article discrediting the ...
MUDDY CREEK FORKS, Pa. (WHTM) Large-scale Civil War reenactments can be a lot of fun, but sometimes smaller events can give you a closer look at life in that era. On Sunday, July 23, The Ma & Pa ...
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