You learned from the previous three columns that Troy had a bustling Railroad life until the late 1950’s. Those of us growing up during this time still see vestiges all around. We see angled buildings ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Historians believe a hidden area in a closet wall at the Merchant House Museum was part of the Underground Railroad, a secret ...

This blog series is a first and a last. It is a first because it features book reviews, something I have never attempted to do outside of class. My project requires regular reading and meaningful ...

The Underground Railroad, a vast network of people who helped fugitive slaves escape to the North and to Canada, was not run by any single organization or person. Rather, it consisted of many ...

American railroading began in the Capital District. On December 28, 1825, Schenectady County native (Duanesburg) George Featherstonhaugh (pronounced fen-shaw) ran a newspaper notice announcing the ...

Troy once had a bustling railroad station. Union Station was located between Union, Broadway, 6th Ave and Fulton. I knew it well. My father was the platform manager for the Railroad Express Agency ...