In “Strangers in the Land,” Michael Luo tells the story of the Chinese workers lured to the United States and expelled when 19th-century politicians turned against them.

A century after it was created, Texas Pacific still owned about one-third of the 3.5 million acres that the government had given the railroad as it laid track.

Henry Wiencek’s zesty history recounts the extraordinary partnership between architect Stanford White and sculptor Augustus ...

One of the Hottest Stocks in the Oil Patch Is a Defunct 19th-Century Railroad. ... thanks to a new approach the 100-employee firm has taken to wringing money from its acres in America’s most ...

A: I was especially fascinated by the technological advancements in the building of the transcontinental railroad and telegraph system in the mid-19th century. Abraham Lincoln was prophetic in his ...

Inspired by Kentucky’s Bourbon Trail, travelers can collect stamps at each attraction and fill up their passport book in exchange for prizes. You can pick up a passport book at any participating ...

Instead, Mr Trump extolled the prosperity of America in the late 19th century, when the country was much poorer than it is today. “We can be so much wealthier than any country, it’s not even ...