Air freight did not blossom into a full-fledged industry until dedicated cargo airlines were established following the Second ...

The Wigwam Restaurant Casino embodies Fernley’s unpretentious charm – where entertainment options don’t require a second mortgage ... from its days as an important stop on the transcontinental ...

School children can tell you, for example, that in the 1860s the builders of the first transcontinental railroad recruited ... covering the early moves of the second Trump administration and ...

Produced by the Museums at Union Station and now in its 11th year in its current format, the Ogden Living Heritage Festival will be held at the historic railroad hub on May 10 — recognized as ...

WASHINGTON— Federal regulators will determine whether BNSF Railway can use its trackage rights over Union Pacific to reach a ...

His administration also gave us the Homestead Act that allowed settlers to claim government land, created the American system of land-grant colleges and helped build the Transcontinental Railroad.

He innovated with paper currency, the draft, the Homestead Act, the transcontinental railroad, and a host of other projects. Roosevelt was surrounded by people who wanted to dramatically remake ...

Riding Amtrak's Palmetto goes from skyscrapers to rolling countryside on a long-distance train with a difference.

America’s first transcontinental railroad. From the beginning, Sayre and Fritz were not content, that, however profitable, Bethlehem Iron would remain just a maker of iron rails. The University ...

“Settling the West,” a concert of music inspired by the completion of the transcontinental railroad and the oil fields of the ... A team of University of Wyoming students secured second place in the ...