Once the quintessential family car, the station wagon was the ultimate road trip companion, embodying the spirit of adventure ...

The northward migration toward freedom for escaped slaves passed through Pennsylvania. Most supportive Pennsylvanians who ...

At a presentation on Thursday, historian Karen Sieber will share her findings on Minnesota's connection to freeing enslaved Black Americans via the Underground Railroad in the mid-1800s.

The arrival of railroads in Summit County bolstered the area’s economic development by providing affordable freight transportation, initially for agriculture and mining enterprises. Union Pacific ...

Bad luck and poor decisions turned the already dangerous trek from Missouri to California into a fatal affair for roughly ...

Civil War-era hobos hopped trains to find work. Content creators hop trains with their GoPros. Hitching rides on the railroad is an American tradition.

“Goody gumdrops” was an expression in a comic strip from the 1930s called “Harold Teen.” It also is used in a line from the 1969 novel, “Strike Out Where Not Applicable,” by British crime writer ...

Hold onto your hats, folks, because we’re about to embark on a culinary adventure that’s wilder than a bucking bronco at a ...

The Prairie Schooner Steak House, true to its name, specializes in steaks that would make even the toughest cowboy weep with ...

An AWD station wagon has the following commonalities, other than the standard wagon features that include the classic elongated body type, large cargo area, and low center of gravity: Drivetrain ...

In the late 1800s, with the advent of the railroad system, it became a disturbing practice for some poor or distressed parents to abandon their children at train depots, because they knew they ...

Many of the entries on this list are derived from the work of Henry Baker, who worked for the U.S. Patent Office between the late 1800s and early 1900s. At this time, African-Americans had few ...