Jim Fisk was born in Pownal, Vermont. His father was a peddler. When Jim was eight years old his family moved to Brattleboro.

John Hunn was an abolitionist in the 1800s convicted for federal crimes after he helped enslaved people reach freedom. Lin-Manuel Miranda's ‘SNL' Cameo as Alexander Hamilton Interrupted by James ...

In 1847 he attended a convention in Chicago to discuss improving water transport, particularly at the Great Lakes, where the Mad River and Lake Erie Railroad ended in Sandusky. On the home front, ...

Fame is achieved by the exceptional, by the accomplished, by the exceptionally accomplished … or by pure dumb luck (or lack thereof). Fame is bestowed upon humankind by humankind, which is to say, it ...

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The Pontiac Public Library is hosting the month-long exhibition with special events scheduled for Feb. 11 and 22.

(WGN) — The son of former Chicago Bulls star and NBA legend Michael Jordan was ... from a traffic stop early Tuesday morning and gotten his Lamborghini SUV stuck on railroad tracks in Maitland, ...

Evans moved from North Carolina to Oberlin where he became an abolitionist and Underground Railroad operative active in the fight to end slavery. The film showing and community conversation will ...

Chicago will serve as a protected progressive haven than it has always been, and even the road or even an underground railroad, Chicago," said Mayor Brandon Johnson. Spencer Leak Senior ...