CROSBY — Unlimited Learning is hosting a session at 1:30 p.m. Nov. 11, at Heartwood Senior Living in Crosby about the history and importance of the Northern Pacific Railway. The Northern Pacific ...

It was 175 years ago today, Feb. 12, 1849, that the Illinois General Assembly chartered the Aurora Branch Railroad, a six-mile-long track between Batavia, Ill., and West Chicago. Chugging along with ...

It was a scene played out multiple times at the Toppenish depot throughout its history. Moving through cloud of steam, a Northern Pacific Railway locomotive and tender pulled up to the depot last ...

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. The collection consists of forty-two ...

The Pacific Railroad Survey of the 47th and 49th parallels explored the wilderness of Washington Territory under the the command of Governor Isaac I. Stevens. In 1853, U.S. Congress allotted $150,000 ...