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Rock Island Rocket passenger trains
Find out which of the Rock Island Rocket passenger trains held the fitting “Rocket” name and where they went into the history books.
CHICAGO (WLS) -- Most have heard about the Underground Railroad, but few know of the role Illinois played in helping runaway slaves get to freedom. West Town Museum of Cultural History curator Jeri ...
When Illinois state Sen. Napoleon Harris (15th District) was a boy, he would play near the Little Calumet River, a few blocks from his house on 133rd Street, throwing rocks in the river and running ...
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Today in Chicago History: Standard Time adopted during convention at the city’s Grand Pacific Hotel
The time zones were enacted during the General Time Convention at the Grand Pacific Hotel at LaSalle Street and Jackson Boulevard in Chicago. A plaque at the location — which is just north of the ...
A 1898 map showing Underground Railroad routes overlaid with a drawing of Quinn Chapel A.M.E. Church (left) and the Thomas Hoyne residence (right). A 1898 map showing Underground Railroad routes ...
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