It’s interesting how the southwest metropolitan area of the Twin Cities grew into a patchwork of cities, but there might have been more today if a few more places had survived. Today, we consider them ...

Main Street in the national historic district in Clendenin, West Virginia, looks toward the Elk and Big Sandy ... In 1893, the Coal and Coke Railway opened along the Elk, connecting the commerce of ...

What began as Negro History Week — established by historian Carter G. Woodson in February 1926 — evolved into Black History ...

Lincoln was a crony capitalist on economic policy, advocating protectionist tariffs, corporate welfare for railroad ...

An article in the Sunday, Feb. 26, 1888, St. Louis Post-Dispatch described the women who "manage large estates and look after ...

A s Canada faces the threat of US president Donald Trump’s 25 percent tariffs and the painful process of industrial closures ...

Waves of rain tonight, ending around 8 a.m., then clearing and mild Thursday afternoon. More rain likely this weekend. 4:09 ...

In October 1854, a large crowd in Worcester, Massachusetts took action against the presence of "slave catcher" Asa O. Butman ...

With a new acquisition, a West Sacramento-based company can build hydrogen fuel-cell trains that could get fuel from local ...

For February, also known as Black History Month, we visited the Belpre Historical Society to see the Underground Railroad Exhibit.