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Kansas City Southern railroad merger approved despite growing concerns over rail safety
Kansas City Star via Yahoo News· 1 year agoThe merger with Canadian Pacific will bring more traffic to some small towns and big cities, drawing...
Out of Our Past: Strong storm overwhelmed Richmond in July 1887
Pal Item | Palladium-Item via Yahoo News· 2 years agoCompare today's weather with that of an evening the last week of July 1887. The exact date was July 21, 1887. Local newspapers reported: Two weeks ago our weather prophet predicted there would ...
Why can't WA rail workers use state sick leave?
Kitsap Sun via Yahoo News· 1 year agoRail workers across America were barred from going on strike after Congress voted on Dec. 1 to require 12 unions to adopt a new contract despite the unions’ objections. The Congressional intervention ...
Chicago history timeline: Revisiting 175 years of breaking news from the pages of the Chicago...
Chicago Tribune· 2 years agoSince its first edition was published on June 10, 1847, the Chicago Tribune has covered every milestone in the city’s history. Here’s a look back at more than 175 years of breaking news, Pulitzer-winning ...
WNC History: Steamboat Mountain Lily cruised the French Broad River 1881-85
Asheville Citizen-Times via Yahoo News· 1 week agoSix weeks after the USS Maine exploded in Havana Harbor, a writer for The Asheville Daily Citizen’s...
Kentucky Derby at 150 is bucket-list Americana. But can it outrun racing’s woes?
Kentucky Lantern via Yahoo News· 2 days agoTo paraphrase a wiseguy I once knew, this Saturday’s Kentucky Derby — the 150th edition of the famed...
Aztec Ruins historic inscriptions survey yields plenty of results — and a few surprises
The Daily Times via Yahoo News· 9 months agoFARMINGTON — Aztec Ruins National Monument may be the subject of a centennial celebration this year...
York in American History: The York visits of Samuel Adams Drake
Portsmouth Herald via Yahoo News· 1 year agoIn this essay, James Kences, paints a picture of York in the late 19th century through the eyes of a...
Germans. Hoosiers. Canadians! How they shaped the Southern California we know today
LA Times via Yahoo News· 9 months ago'Colonies' started coming to California not long after statehood. They were associations of...
Day after day for 175 years, the Sun Journal has chronicled its community
Sun Journal, Lewiston, Maine via Yahoo News· 2 years agoMay 21—Since Col. William Garcelon pulled the first copy of the weekly Lewiston Falls Journal off a heavy iron hand press on May 21, 1847, more than two million additional pages have followed ...
