management and prospects of the "Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad Company."' He states that the road cost $10,837,272 18, including the sum of $3,368,346 26 of Northern Cross Bonds ...

Complaint has been filed with the Inter-State Commerce Commission charging the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad with discriminations on freight rates for live stock between Kearney ...

Eisenhower was president of the United States, the U.S. had yet to recognize Hawaii as the 50th state, and 19-year-old K.C. Hill began working for the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy railroad.

One day 70 years ago a Roxbury, Mass, clergyman had a large idea far removed from his pulpit. Coaching Harvard’s crew for its first race with Yale had taught Rev. Samuel Calthrop how smoothly a ...

Contour Airlines is launching a new, nonstop service from Burlington, Iowa (BRL) to Chicago (ORD), starting on July 1, 2025, according to a media release from the airline. In celebration of the ...

BURLINGTON, Iowa — Contour Airlines is launching new nonstop jet service between Burlington and Chicago O’Hare International Airport, with flights beginning July 1. The airline will operate ...

$12.5 million renovation for Friendship Manor, in Rock Island, gets a new look and rebranding. North Iowa Area Community College will offer students a path to an aviation career with a new ...

Tiziana Fabi/Getty Share Chicago politics isn’t dominated by Irish Catholic officials like it used to be, but local leaders of all faiths hailed the selection of the South Side’s own Robert ...

Chicago posted the seventh biggest population gain of any city in the country last year, leading a wave of growth that also lifted many suburbs, particularly those on the fringes of the metro area.

A time-lapse video shows how quickly the Chicago skyline disappeared as the wall of dust blew through. "This looks like a bad thunderstorm coming through, but you can tell that it's just not a ...

The artist is among the performers scheduled for the Chicago Jazz Festival in September. Edward Berthelot/Getty Images Share The Chicago Jazz Festival makes its annual return this summer with ...

Chicago, which has given rise to everything from the coffee maker and mobile phone to the Ferris wheel and now a new pope, is about to add another potentially groundbreaking development to its ...