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The movie "Sinners" showcases blues music from Chicago and Mississippi, linked by the Great Migration. Here's where to see blues in Chicago, as seen in "Sinners".
The founders of Emporia, Nebraska in Holt County had great hopes for this platted town to become the scene of commerce.
Family-held companies are simply too important to be jeopardized by the involvement of private equity that prioritizes short-term gain.
POTSDAM, Germany (AP) — Generations of Germans believe Frederick the Great brought the beloved potato to Germany. The legend is this: King Frederick II of Prussia wanted his subjects to eat potatoe… ...
Network Rail will be carrying out drainage improvement work in the Chipping Sodbury area, which will affect Great Western Railway services.
A West Chicago man with multiple felony convictions allegedly pointed a loaded gun at people in a car on over the weekend.
Sheboygan County's first railroad opened in 1860 and only made it as far as Glenbeulah In 1880, Chicago and North Western Railroad bought the rail line that ran west from Sheboygan and Fond du Lac ...
Victory Cruise Lines christened its ship Victory II at Navy Pier in May, one of two new ships in its line built to cruise the Great Lakes.
This article was originally published with the title “The National Exposition of Railway Appliances at Chicago” in Scientific American Magazine Vol. 48 No. 25 (June 1883), p. 383 doi:10.1038 ...
The ceremonies of driving in the last spike in the Atlantic and Great Western Railroad was formally gone through with at this city this morning, in presence of the prominent officers of the road ...
In late 1905, when Chrylser was offered the position of master mechanic for the Chicago Great Western Railroad’s main shops at Oelwein, Iowa, Cotter urged him to take the job for a competitor. It was ...