In the 19th century, cities faced a strange problem — too many dead and not enough space to bury them. The solution came by rail. Beginning in 1854, special funeral trains transported coffins and ...

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A presentation featuring Abraham Lincoln’s relative and Decatur’s most colorful newspaper man, James Shoaff, will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday, March 14, at Rock Springs Nature Center.

An authority on the assassination of Abraham Lincoln said there may be holes in the story about an American flag that draped ...

Mount Rushmore was never finished. Behind Lincoln’s head lies an abandoned chamber — the start of a 100-foot vault carved into the mountain, meant to hold America’s most sacred secrets. They called it ...