While it may not be expedient to resurrect plans for a Chicago World`s Fair at this time, a far more cost-effective means of attracting business and promotion to the City of Chicago could be ...

On Oct. 25, 1848, the Galena and Chicago Union Railroad dispatched a train from a station on Kinzie Street just north of the Chicago River. It was the first railroad in a city that in future decade… ...

SPRINGFIELD — Country rock band Confederate Railroad has been barred from performing at an Illinois state fair because of its use of the Confederate flag, setting off a firestorm by southern ...

Rick Diamond/Getty Images Share NEW PALTZ, N.Y. — The Southern country-rock group Confederate Railroad lost a second summer fair gig after objections over the use of the Confederate flag in its ...

After 1850, the Underground Railroad helped many people pass through Chicago to Canada. Additionally, a fair number of Black people who had found freedom in Chicago and even bought property fled ...

"Ancient 'Iron Horses' On Parade Here Before Going To Chicago Railroad Fair," by Ivan M'Kathnie (May 14, 1949) The Pennsylvania Railroad's Fort Wayne Division yesterday rolled out the most ancient ...

Country rock band Confederate Railroad has been barred from performing at an Illinois state fair because of its use of the Confederate flag, setting off a firestorm by southern Illinois fans who ...

"Once I built a railroad, I made it run, made it race against time. Once I built a railroad; ... The impact of the exhibits at the Chicago World's Fair would last long after the gates closed in 1934.