Country singer Charley Pride wasn’t born in Montana, but he lived in Helena and Great Falls and worked for the Anaconda Company, which certainly gives him status as a Montanan.

EDITORS—In No. 32 of the present volume of the SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN, you say in your article entitled "Canals and Railroads," that "the wisest policy to pursue, apparently, is to utilize the ...

The railroads and canals connecting that region to New York City made it a popular tourist attraction. Fort Ticonderoga, a large 18th century fortification, was built by the French, at the narrows ...

BALLSTON SPA — Although the village was served by four railroads in 1900, three were electric trolley systems and only one, the Delaware and Hudson Canal Co., was a steam railroad. The Delawa… ...

STEAM-TOWING ON THE CANALS.; THE PROJECT FOR A RAILROAD ON THE BERME BANKS AGAIN BEFORE THE LEGISLATURE. Share full article. April 9, 1880. Credit... The New York Times Archives.

SUCCESSFULLY TESTED AT BUFFALO Its Inventor Claims that the Adoption of His System Would Again Make the Canal a Rival of the Railroads. Share full article Nov. 24, 1895 ...

The Baltimore and Ohio was the first railroad in the United States, opening for commerce in 1830. Early railroads used horses and steam engines. They competed with other methods of ...

In 1831, he became the Chief Engineer for the Mohawk and Hudson Railroad and was the first railroad engineer to design a 4-2-0 steam locomotive; the 4-2-0 type is called the Jervis type in his honor.

Cotter, 1908: The town perched on the edge of the then undammed White River, a hub for steamboats, railroads and timber operations. The commerce gave rise to the unusual Hotel Royal, the wooden ...

When the canal has seven feet of water, and boats propelled by steam carry 240 tuns, a further great reduction will then be made; and if railroads cannot now compete, what will be their position ...