1827 fusion of art and cartography, A Bird's Eye View of Niagara Falls, likely struck 19th-century viewers as highly ... innovations such as the railroad, telegraph and steamboat, the United ...

The U.S. agency appeared to restore text on the history of African Americans escaping slavery, including a photo of famed ...

With that, he introduced speaker William Switala, a 52-year borough resident, retired educator and author of three books about the Underground Railroad, a term that “came along as an attempt to ...