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 ...

Sypult said Gifford’s frustration with the rates charged by the Illinois Central spurred his decision to start the Punkin ...

a black Canadian who worked on the Illinois Central Railroad where he helped smuggle escapees to freedom. For more information on the exhibit, you can call the library at 217-826-2535 or go to ...

Lovelock, Christopher H. "Illinois Central Gulf Railroad: Interview with Harry J. Bruce, Chairman and CEO, Video." Harvard Business School Video Supplement 886-517, November 1985.