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.

Like many communities in the 19th century, when a rail line opened in an area, it was one more step out of the wilderness.

Descendants of six freedom seekers with ties to the Illinois Underground Railroad share their connections to American history.

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 ...

ABOVE: An 1870 ad for the Illinois Central Railway touted a trip from Chicago to Cairo — ‘without change of Cars.’ BELOW: That railroad arose out of a pair of land-grant bills introduced two ...

(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 ...

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 ...

CHICAGO (CBS) -- The Illinois Underground Railroad Task Force on Tuesday presented its ongoing findings on the important role Illinois played in the history of helping slaves reach freedom. The ...

A group of historians, academics and legislators spent the last year finding sites connected to the Underground Railroad in Illinois and focusing on telling the stories of both those that helped ...

There could be at least 200 sites in Illinois that are part of the network. A task force created by a 2023 law to explore ways chronicle Illinois’ Underground Railroad history announced its ...

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 ...