There is a beautiful duality to the first Chicago site recognized as part of the Underground Railroad. In front, a historical plaque unveiled in 2019 solemnly marks the former Jan and Aagje Ton Far… ...

CLEVELAND, Miss.—The Illinois Central railroad tracks that once separated residents, white from black, have been torn out to make way for a landscaped promenade. Cleveland's largest high school ...

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An 1869 view of downtown Champaign shows angular ‘north-south’ streets between present-day Washington Street and Springfield Avenue running parallel to the Illinois Central Railroad tracks ...

A former conductor for the Illinois Central railroad says he was the victim of ongoing racial harassment at the IC’s Markham yard, culminating in a physical assault where a co-worker cut locks ...

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CHICAGO (WLS) -- The 27th Street station is rarely used these days and the Illinois Central Railroad is no longer in operation. But, it was along these same tracks still used by the Metra Electric ...

In an article on the Irish rail laborers of Central Illinois, Mike Matejka explains, “Famine-ravaged Irish families became the key foundation for pre-Civil War railroad and canal building in ...

Ignoring topography, efficiency, expense and even their own surveyors' recommendations, regional railroad officials in the mid-19th century diverted a new rail line around New Philadelphia, Ill ...

A biker rides the I&M Canal Trail as it passes through Utica on Aug. 31, 2012. There are many Underground Railroad sites in Illinois that were used in the 19th century, before and during the Civil ...