SHREVEPORT, La. -- A researcher has traced slave escape routes in Louisiana, including routes to freedom that went through the Shreveport and Natchitoches areas. Rolonda Teal, a Houston-based ...
STRASBURG, Pa. — Hobbies come in all shapes and sizes. But for the Reading Company Technical & Historical Society, their massive mobile model is a passion. “It’s fun because we try to portray the old ...
INSIDE THE B AND O RAILROAD MUSEUM, YOU’LL FIND CENTURIES WORTH OF RAILROAD HISTORY. SO MUCH OF IT IS ALSO BLACK HISTORY. AS WE GEAR UP FOR OUR 200TH ANNIVERSARY IN 2027, YOU CAN REALLY SEE THAT BLACK ...
As the United States marks its 250th anniversary, WTOP presents “250 Years of America,” a multipart series examining the innovations, breakthroughs and pivotal moments that have shaped the nation ...
The Baltimore and Ohio was the first railroad in the United States, opening for commerce in 1830. Early railroads used horses and steam engines. They competed with other methods of transportation, ...