The volunteer group dedicated to restoring the Quincy & Torch Lake Railroad recently received a donation of 100 railroad ties ...

PONTIAC — Within its first decade of operation, the Underground Railroad was estimated to have helped about 100,000 enslaved ...

The volunteer group dedicated to restoring the Quincy & Torch Lake Railroad recently received a donation of 100 railroad ties ...

Missouri Pacific history is easier to understand if the railroad is considered in three parts: the lines west of St. Louis, ...

Richard Dennis “Denny” Glick, 83, of Hamilton, IL passed away at 3:44 PM on Thursday, January 16, 2025, at Blessing Hospital in Quincy ... for the Rock Island railroad, the TP&W, and the ...

The public is invited to The Dr. Richard Eells Open House on Sunday, February 23rd, from 1:00 - 4:00 p.m. at 415 Jersey ...

The biggest beneficiaries have been the University of Illinois and University of Wisconsin ... move indoors a vintage Chicago Burlington & Quincy Railroad Zephyr streamliner like the ones David ...

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The Historical Society of Quincy and Adams County and the Quincy Underground Railroad Museum: Dr. Richard Eells House were among 11 entities awarded grants from the Abraham Lincoln National Heritage ...

Several years ago, my family came upon some architectural salvage from the Brant House in Columbus, Ill. Of the items we ...