DETROIT – To celebrate Black History Month, let’s look back at the important role Detroit had in the Underground Railroad in the 1800s.. The Underground Railroad was a secret network of ...

They had faith in the ex-superintendent of the Detroit Edison Company, who promised to build ten cars for $10,000. ... Walter P. Chrysler, railroad shop superintendent who borrowed $4,300, ...

"We backed into it with the help of Detroit Edison." Peaker's original shop was in Belleville. In 1978, the company built its shop in Green Oak Township, which borders a CSX Transportation railroad.

Notable abolitionist George DeBaptiste was born a free man in Virginia and later relocated to Detroit where he was a conductor to those seeking freedom in the Underground Railroad.