Once I built a railroad; now it's done. Brother ... The impact of the exhibits at the Chicago World's Fair would last long after the gates closed in 1934. The sleek, simple lines of the machinery ...

Email us. It took eight ballots, but Chicago was finally awarded on Feb. 24, 1890 the opportunity to host a World’s Fair. “From the start the combination of New York, St. Louis, and Washington ...

After years of development, Leonardo DiCaprio and Martin Scorsese are nearing a Devil in the White City adaptation. With DiCaprio potentially starring, Scorsese is in talks to direct the 20th ...

In 1892, Douglass arrived in Chicago to serve as the World’s Fair commissioner for Haiti ... confidence” to fight the Civil War, and now those same gentlemen viewed Black men as “mean ...

America hosted the World's Fair of 1893 as a celebration of Columbus' voyage to the continent four hundred (and one) years earlier. Chicago beat out New York, St. Louis and Washington, D.C. for ...

Join us for the April 8 meeting of the Logan County Historical Society at the Overland Trail Museum at 7:00 p.m. as we take a detailed look at the famous Chicago World’s Fair of 1893.