One of the pioneer railroads in the United States was chartered on April 2, 1831, known as the Cumberland Valley Railroad. After a few challenges, the charter had expired and had to be renewed on ...

Historian Cory Young will speak on "Black Pioneers Beyond the Susquehanna" at the New Cumberland Public Library Foundation House at 3 p.m. Sunday. The program is free. (University of Nebraska-Lincoln) ...

In 1806, Congress decided to get into the road-building business. America's first federally funded interstate highway, the National Road, ran from Cumberland, Md. (extending a road from Baltimore ...

The Pioneer locomotive is pictured here during a visit to Carlisle in 1901. By that time, it had been retired from passenger service on the Cumberland Valley Railroad.

This Swedish Pioneer Issue stamp commemorates the centenary of the coming of Swedish pioneers to the Mid-West region of the United States. The stamp depicts a Swedish pioneer with a covered wagon ...