Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of George D. Pratt. The Smithsonian Institution came of age in the era of Manif ...

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 ...

The day — which would coincide with the completion of the Transcontinental Railroad on May 10, 1869 — would recognize and celebrate the thousands of Chinese railroad workers whose contributions have ...

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 ...

Is the U.S. in a second Gilded Age ... spike at Promontory Point in 1869 marked the completion of the Transcontinental Railroad. The Gilded Age begins just after and extends into the early ...

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A second child died from measles in Texas on Thursday ... according to the National Foundation for Infectious Diseases. Editor's note: The map in this story has been updated.

The Durango and Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad takes travelers on a winding, adventurous path through beautiful Colorado ...

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.