Many traces of the Underground Railroad still remain in Illinois. Here’s a map of known sites across the state and what visitors can expect.

Map of Illinois Underground Railroad historical sites, plus what to know before you go A biker rides the I&M Canal Trail as it passes through Utica on Aug. 31, 2012.

A rumor, apparently well founded, states that Gov. BANES has accepted the Presidency of the Illinois Central Railroad, and that in consequence he will decline a renomination for Governor of ...

(The Center Square) – An Illinois task force investigating the state’s ties with the Underground Railroad has presented its findings to the state legislature. During the years leading up to ...

While the early mail train from Fall River this morning, at a little past 4 o'clock was nearing Myrick's station, the rear car was thrown upon its side by a breaklin the rail, over a calvert, and ...

The Kuhn family home in northern Lake County was a safe house on the Underground Railroad, circa 1860. Courtesy of Lake County Discovery Museum Editor’s note: The weekly Illinois Bicentennial ...

The Underground Railroad was a secret network of travel routes and safe houses that guided slaves to free states in the 19th century.

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (WMBD) — Illinois played a pivotal role in the Underground Railroad, with new information about it to be uncovered. State Senator Dave Koehler, alongside other Illinois ...

Country rock band Confederate Railroad has been barred from performing at an Illinois state fair because of its use of the Confederate flag, setting off a firestorm by southern Illinois fans who ...

A spokesman for the Illinois Department of Transportation says an agreement with the Iowa Interstate Railroad could be made this year.