The Alabama Tennessee River Railroad

The Alabama Tennessee River Railroad was chartered by the Alabama legislature in the session of 1836-1837. Work was begun at Selma in 1851 and the rails reached Blue Mountain in 1861. Work was terminated during the War Between the States.

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Southern Pacific Railroad Depot

Now the site of the Columbus Historical Society Museum the depot was built C. 1902 by the El Paso & Southwestern Railroad which was merged with the Southern Pacific in 1924.

Site No. 390-B

A Registered cultural Property State of New Mexico

Marker ...

Lindenwald and the Old Post Road

Martin Van Buren Nat’l Hist Site

You are standing along one of the few remaining unpaved stretches of the Old Post Road. In 1839 when Martin Van Buren bought this property, the Old Post Road was the main route on ...

The Underground Railroad

1850 - - 1865

In memory of Fulton County Citizens who harbored fugitive slaves on their way to freedom in Canada. In Indiana, the underground railroad began along the Ohio River in 1850. After the Fugitive Slave Law was passed ...

The Union Pacific Railroad / The Union Pacific Railroad

Part 1 (1867 - 1890) / Part 2 (1869 - 1890)

Part i

The story of the Union Pacific Railroad is also a story of Wyoming and particularly Cheyenne. One cannot be told without the telling of the other. It is no ...

Southern Pacific Railroad Passenger Depot

Historic Brownsville Museum

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Southern Pacific Railroad Passenger Depot

Official Historical Medallion, Texas Historical Commission

This depot was built by the Southern Pacific Railroad in 1928 as part of its extension into the Rio Grande Valley. A fine example of Spanish colonial revival ...

The Old Territorial Road

Ohio Historical Marker

The earliest improved public road west from Lake Erie to the Indiana border, the Territorial-Indiana Road was built by the U.S. Government in 1834-1835 through the Cottonwood Swamp, then a major obstacle to travel. It ran parallel to ...

Where the Road Began

The Historic National Road - The Road That Built the Nation

You are standing at the starting point of this country's first federal road building project, the National Road. A vision of George Washington as a means to develop the continent ...

Forks of the Road

Site of the South's second largest slave market in the 19th century. Enslaved people were also once sold on city streets and at the landing at Natchez Under the Hill. Natchez slaves were freed in July, 1863, when Union troops ...

Shipbuilding on the Broadkill

Like the Native Americans before them, the European settlers of the 17th and 18th centuries utilized the Broadkill River as a means of transportation. Clearing of lands resulted in an abundance of grain and wood products. To transport these products ...