When William and Severa Johnson moved their still-growing family from Detroit to a 75-acre farm on Black Highway in Raisin Township in 1933, they may not have known what a tradition they were starting ...

You learned from the previous three columns that Troy had a bustling Railroad life until the late 1950’s. Those of us growing up during this time still see vestiges all around. We see angled buildings ...

From May 3 to June 28, 1908, the Springfield Daily News and Press Republic published a series of letters by the Rev. J.R. Scurry, a local conductor on the Underground Railroad. Part III of this Black ...

A steam shovel in action on the tracks during Copper Range Railroad construction. Copper Range Railroad Construction, Nara 42-162, MS-797: J. W. Nara Photograph Collection. After Wright and his ...

Map showing the crossing of the Copper Range Railroad with the Atlantic & Lake Superior Railroad, Houghton County, Michigan, October 16, 1899. Construction: General, 1899-1900, MS-080, Copper Range ...

America during the 19th century went from an insignificant country that hugged a narrow strip of land along the Atlantic coast to a nation that spanned a continent, from a country of farmers and small ...

We are standing next to the ferry terminal in Sausalito, looking at the ornate fountain in Viña del Mar Park created for the 1915 San Francisco World’s Fair. In this very spot there was once a ...

In the late 1800s and early 1900s the North Pacific Coast Railroad (NPCRR) carried passengers and freight from Sausalito to Cazadero, north of the Russian River. In 2019, the old NPCRR right-of-way ...

This blog series is a first and a last. It is a first because it features book reviews, something I have never attempted to do outside of class. My project requires regular reading and meaningful ...