Numismatics will be led by a Carson City Mint treasure: a pair of 1871 documents appointing the melter/assayer for the Mint, one signed by Preside ...

Faced with the brunt of the Great Depression, the Hoover deportations marked a nadir in American 20th century policy.

Ah, but — and you should remember this for “Jeopardy!” — the Golden State’s first documented gold strike happened here, in ...

TEHACHAPI: Mind-boggling over-and-under loop in Southern California sees ... beautiful in the northern Arizona mountains and deserts. 16. ANCHORAGE, ALASKA: Alaska Railroad headquarters town ...

Live updates on the Trump transition ahead of next week's inauguration. Follow the latest as Senate confirmation hearing continue for the incoming administration.

By RANDY MINK Special to the Journal & Topics This quiet spot in Ash Fork, the final paved section of Route 66 before it ...

The Senate is accelerating the confirmation process Wednesday for President-elect Donald Trump’s Cabinet choices, scheduling half a dozen hearings.

The Tehachapi Loop in California's Central Valley is a 3,799-foot-long rail spiral that first allowed passenger trains to ...

Located about an hour’s detour away for travelers driving Interstate 5 between San Francisco and Los Angeles, present-day Tehachapi owes its existence to the railroad. While the Kawaiisu people ...

The problems, coupled with destruction of a major grain-storage operation at the South Vallejo railhead, “marked the end of Vallejo’s prosperity,” historian Thomas Lucy wrote in a 1987 Solano ...

Two Alaska institutions are making a bid to bring home a golden spike that was driven into the ground more than a century ago to mark the completion of the Alaska Railroad ...