Smithsonian Magazine10d
The Railroad Workers Behind the Civil Rights Movement
Pullman porters did more than carry bags, they paved the way for higher education opportunities, the professional working ...
Mifflin farmstead, an Underground Railroad, Civil War site, prepares to open this spring
An up and coming Underground Railroad and Civil War interpretive site, the Mifflin farmstead in Hellam Township observed ...
Houston Public Media12d
Train hoppers ride the rails across America — and you can tag along
Civil War-era hobos hopped trains to find work. Content creators hop trains with their GoPros. Hitching rides on the railroad ...
Austin American-Statesman18d
From the Statesman archives: Railroad, freedom colonies changed Austin after Civil War
Austin tiptoed through the Civil War. The major battlefields lay hundreds ... as well as the arrival of the first railroad from Houston on Christmas Day, 1871. The first rearranged social ...
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Mifflin farmstead, an Underground Railroad, Civil War site, prepares to open this spring
An up and coming Underground Railroad and Civil War interpretive site, the Mifflin farmstead in Hellam Township observed Black History Month Feb. 6, 2025 with notables gathering in spite of the ...