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Abolition & Underground RR Topic

 
By Al Wolf, July 20, 2008
D.A.R. "Dorothy Q." Chapter - Est. 1898 - - Elston Memorial Home Marker
301 Indiana, Montgomery County, Crawfordsville — Elston Memorial Home — Col. Isaac C. Elston Home
On East Wabash Avenue, on the left when traveling east.
302 Indiana, Montgomery County, Crawfordsville — 54.1995.1 — Speed Cabin
On North Grant Street.
303 Indiana, Morgan County, Monrovia — West Union Friends Meeting
On State Road 42 just west of Northwest Union Road, on the right when traveling west.
304 Indiana, Ohio County, Rising Sun — 58.2018.1 — Barkshire Family
On Fourth Street at North Poplar Street, on the left when traveling east on Fourth Street.
305 Indiana, Parke County, Bloomingdale — Underground Railroad Station — 1850 — 1868 — Alfred & Rhoda Hadley —
On U.S. 41 0.1 miles County Road 500N, on the left when traveling north.
306 Indiana, Randolph County, Union City — IHB 68.201 — Union Literary Institute
On Stingley Rd (County Route 600 S) at South Arba Pike (County Route 850 E), on the right when traveling east on Stingley Rd.
307 Indiana, Randolph County, Winchester — 68.2010.1 — Randolph County Quakers
On E. Washington Street (State Road 32) at S. East Street, on the right when traveling east on E. Washington Street.
308 Indiana, Randolph County, Winchester, White River Township — Organized Religion
On West Franklin Street at South Main Street, on the right when traveling west on West Franklin Street.
309 Indiana, Ripley County, Milhousen — 69.2004.1 — Union Church
On County Road N 975W at W. Flatrock Road, on the right when traveling north on County Road N 975W.
310 Indiana, Ripley County, Napoleon — Railroad House Hotel
On Madison Street (U.S. 421) north of Main Street, on the left when traveling north.
311 Indiana, Ripley County, Osgood — Abolitionists
On East Fairground Avenue east of East Beech Street (State Road 350), on the left when traveling east.
312 Indiana, Ripley County, Osgood — The Fugitive Trail
On East Fairground Avenue east of East Beech Street (State Road 350), on the left when traveling east.
313 Indiana, Ripley County, Versailles — 69.2004.2 — Stephen S. Harding
On East Tyson Street at North Washington Street, on the left when traveling east on East Tyson Street.
314 Indiana, Steuben County, Angola — Free Lecture! — Sojourner Truth
On South Public Square at Wayne Street, on the right when traveling north on South Public Square.
315 Indiana, Steuben County, Angola — Sojourner Truth
On Wayne Street at East Maumee Street when traveling south on Wayne Street.
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316 Indiana, Steuben County, Fremont — The Erastus Farnham House
On West Swager Drive at South Wayne Street (Indiana Road 827), on the left when traveling west on West Swager Drive.
317 Indiana, Steuben County, Ray — The Unknown Potawatomi
On West Cora Lane (Local Road N700E) near Local Road E750N, on the right when traveling south.
318 Indiana, Switzerland County, Vevay — Historical Site - Switzerland County Courthouse
On West Main Street west of Liberty Street, on the right when traveling west.
319 Indiana, Switzerland County, Vevay — The Dungeon
On West Main Street west of Liberty Street, on the right when traveling west.
320 Indiana, Tippecanoe County, Lafayette — The Buddell Sleeper House — Underground Railroad Station
On West 700 South at South 550 West, on the right when traveling east on West 700 South.
321 Indiana, Tippecanoe County, Westpoint — Underground Railroad
On County Road W 700 S east of Road S 550 W, on the right when traveling east. Reported permanently removed.
322 Indiana, Vanderburgh County, Evansville — Underground Railway Station
On Carpenter Street at NW 3rd Street, on the right when traveling west on Carpenter Street.
323 Indiana, Vigo County, Terre Haute — Lost Creek — AME — The Underground Railroad —
On North Hunt Street at Debney Road, on the right when traveling north on North Hunt Street.
324 Indiana, Wayne County, Centerville — 89.2013.1 — George Washington Julian
On E. Main Street (U.S. 40) at N. Third Street, on the left when traveling east on E. Main Street.
325 Indiana, Wayne County, Dublin — 89.2003.1 — Indiana’s First Woman’s Rights Convention
On Cumberland Street (U.S. 40) west of Davis Street, on the right when traveling west.
326 Indiana, Wayne County, Fountain City — Home of Levi Coffin
On Cross Street (U.S. 27) at South Water Street, on the right when traveling north on Cross Street.
327 Indiana, Wayne County, Fountain City — 89.2002.1 — Levi Coffin
On Cross Street (U.S. 27) at South Water Street, on the right when traveling north on Cross Street.
328 Indiana, Wayne County, Richmond — 89.2018.2 — Bishop William Paul Quinn
On South 6th street at South B Street, on the right when traveling south on South 6th street.
329 Indiana, Wayne County, Richmond — Mendenhall-Clay Debate/Confrontation
On N A Street (U.S. 40) at 7th Street, on the right when traveling west on N A Street.
330 Iowa, Cass County, Lewis — Fighting Slavery – Aiding Runaways — John Brown Freedom Trail — December 20, 1858 - March 12, 1859 —
Near 567th Lane.
331 Iowa, Cass County, Lewis — Rev. George B. Hitchcock House
Near 567th Lane.
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332 Iowa, Dallas County, Redfield — Fighting Slavery - Aiding Runaways — John Brown Freedom Trail — December 20, 1858 - March 12, 1859 —
On First Street north of Omaha Street, on the right when traveling north.
333 Iowa, Des Moines County, Burlington — The First Congregational Church
On North 4th Street just north of Jefferson Street, on the left when traveling north.
334 Iowa, Iowa County, Ladora — 41 — Historic Grinnell
Near Interstate 80 at milepost 208, 3.6 miles west of County Highway V52, on the right when traveling west.
335 Iowa, Lee County, Keokuk — Charlotta Gordon Pyles
On Main Street at Sixth Street on Main Street.
336 Iowa, Linn County, Cedar Rapids, Taylor — Riverside Park — History Happened Here!
On C Street Southwest at A Street Southwest, on the right when traveling west on C Street Southwest.
337 Iowa, Polk County, Mitchellville — Universalist Church — 1868
On 4th Street NW near Market Street NW, on the right when traveling west.
338 Iowa, Polk County, Polk City — Josiah Hopkins' 20-Mile House
On Northwest Madrid Drive at Northwest Nissen Drive, on the right when traveling south on Northwest Madrid Drive.
339 Iowa, Polk County, West Des Moines — Welcome to the Jordan House
Near Fuller Road west of South 19th Street, on the right when traveling west.
340 Iowa, Polk County, West Des Moines, Valley Junction — Valley Junction
On Railroad Place east of 5th Street, on the right when traveling east.
341 Iowa, Poweshiek County, Grinnell — J. B. Grinnell
On 3rd Avenue at Park Street, on the left when traveling east on 3rd Avenue.
342 Iowa, Scott County, Davenport — Oakdale Cemetery Historic District
On Eastern Avenue north of Wittenmyer Lane, on the right when traveling north.
343 Kansas, Allen County, Humboldt — Aunt Polly Crosby's Cabin Site
On Sycamore Street, on the right when traveling east.
344 Kansas, Allen County, Humboldt — Colonel Orlin Thurston
On 8th Street near Bridge Street, on the left when traveling north.
345 Kansas, Allen County, Humboldt — Humboldt Underground Railroad
On 1st Street, on the left when traveling north.
346 Kansas, Atchison County, Atchison — 11 — Atchison
On Skyway Highway (U.S. 59) 0.2 miles west of Rawlins Road, on the right when traveling west.
347 Kansas, Bourbon County, Fort Scott — "But I Can Fire a Pistol"
Near Old Fort Boulevard.
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348 Kansas, Bourbon County, Fort Scott — Western Hotel: Symbol of Strife
Near Old Fort Boulevard.
349 Kansas, Douglas County, Lawrence — 9 — Lawrence and the Old Trails
On Interstate 70 at milepost 209, in the median.
350 Kansas, Douglas County, Lawrence, Lawrence Cultural District — John Brown and the Siege of Lawrence, September 14-15, 1856
On Massachusetts Street south of 6th Street, on the left when traveling south.
351 Kansas, Douglas County, Lawrence, Lawrence Cultural District — Liberty Hall
On Massachusetts Street at 7th Street, on the left when traveling south on Massachusetts Street.
352 Kansas, Douglas County, Lecompton — Sheriff Samuel J. Jones — 1827-1885 — Historic Lecompton —
On Elmore Street 0.1 miles south of East 3rd Street, on the right when traveling south.
353 Kansas, Douglas County, Lecompton — Veterans Monument — 1861-2011 — Historic Lecompton —
On Elmore Street south of East 3rd Street, on the left when traveling north.
354 Kansas, Elk County, Elk Falls — Prudence Crandall
On U.S. 160 at Osage Street, on the right when traveling east on U.S. 160.
355 Kansas, Elk County, Elk Falls — 112 — Prudence Crandall
On U.S. 160 at Osage Street, on the right when traveling east on U.S. 160.
356 Kansas, Jackson County, Holton — Edward D. Holton
On Pennsylvania Avenue at 5th Street, on the right when traveling north on Pennsylvania Avenue.
357 Kansas, Jackson County, Netawaka — 17 — Battle of the Spurs
On U.S. 75 at 286th Road, on the left when traveling south on U.S. 75. Reported permanently removed.
358 Kansas, Jackson County, Netawaka — 17 — Battle of the Spurs
On 286th Road at U.S. 75, on the right when traveling west on 286th Road.
359 Kansas, Jefferson County, Valley Falls — 13 — Battle of Hickory Point
On U.S. 59 at 142nd Street, on the left when traveling north on U.S. 59.
360 Kansas, Leavenworth County, Leavenworth — Bleeding Kansas — Historic Wayside Tour #12
On Esplanade Street near Miami Street, on the left when traveling south.
361 Kansas, Leavenworth County, Leavenworth — Leavenworth — The Oldest City in Kansas
On 5th Street north of Shawnee Street, on the right when traveling north.
362 Kansas, Leavenworth County, Leavenworth — Planters Hotel — National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom Site
On Esplanade Street at Shawnee Street, on the right when traveling north on Esplanade Street.
363 Kansas, Linn County, Mound City — Fort Montgomery — Replica built in 2000
On Main Street (State Highway 52) west of 7th Street, on the right when traveling west.
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364 Kansas, Linn County, Trading Post — 46 — Marais des Cygnes Massacre
On U.S. 69 near Kansas Highway 52.
365 Kansas, Linn County, Trading Post — Marais des Cygnes Massacre State Historic Site Trail
Near North Zook Lane.
366 Kansas, Linn County, Trading Post — Murder on the Marais des Cygnes
Near North Zook Lane.
367 Kansas, Linn County, Trading Post — Sounds from the past...hoof beats and heartbeats. — Frontier Military Historic Byway
Near North 4th Street.
368 Kansas, Miami County, Osawatomie — 50 — John Brown Country
On 6th Street at Lincoln Avenue, on the left when traveling north on 6th Street.
369 Kansas, Miami County, Osawatomie — John Brown of Kansas
On 10th Street at Main Street, on the right when traveling north on 10th Street.
370 Kansas, Miami County, Osawatomie — John Brown Statue — 1935
Near Main Street.
371 Kansas, Miami County, Osawatomie — Old Stone Church — Ad Astra Per Aspera — [To the stars through difficulties] —
On 6th Street north of Parker Avenue, on the right when traveling north.
372 Kansas, Miami County, Osawatomie — 6 — Old Stone Church — Osawatomie Driving Tour
On 6th Street north of Parker Avenue, on the right when traveling north.
373 Kansas, Miami County, Osawatomie — 9 — Soldiers Monument — Osawatomie Driving Tour
On Main Street at 9th Street, on the right when traveling west on Main Street.
374 Kansas, Nemaha County, Sabetha — 32 — The Lane Trail
On Acorn Road (U.S. 75) 0.8 miles 280th Road (State Highway 246), on the right when traveling south.
375 Kansas, Saline County, Salina — August Bondi — 1833-1907 — Jewish-American Abolitionist, Salina Resident —
On West Iron Avenue.
376 Kansas, Shawnee County, Topeka — A Turning Point for Equality
On SE Monroe Street south of SE 15th Street, on the left when traveling south.
377 Kansas, Shawnee County, Topeka — 15 — Capital of Kansas
On 37th Street at Topeka Boulevard, on the right when traveling west on 37th Street. Reported permanently removed.
378 Kansas, Shawnee County, Topeka — Constitution Hall -Topeka — 1855 -
On Kansas Avenue near SW 5th Street, on the right when traveling south.
379 Kansas, Shawnee County, Topeka — Ichabod Washburn — 1798-1868
Near Southwest Jewell Avenue.
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380 Kansas, Wyandotte County, Kansas City, Quindaro Bluffs — John Brown
On 27th Street at Sewell Avenue, on the left when traveling north on 27th Street.
381 Kansas, Wyandotte County, Kansas City, Quindaro Bluffs — Quindaro Ruins Archaeological Park
On North 27th Street.
382 Kansas, Wyandotte County, Kansas City, Quindaro Bluffs — Quindaro, Kansas — 1857 1862 — A Kansas City, Kansas Historic Site —
On 27th Street at Sewell Avenue, on the left when traveling north on 27th Street.
383 Kentucky, Boone County, Burlington — Passage To Freedom From Slavery — Memorial to the Undergrond Railroad in Boone County, Kentucky — Another Marker in Rabbit Hash —
Near Lower River Road.
384 Kentucky, Boyle County, Danville — 1606 — John Marshall Harlan / Kentucky's "Great Dissenter" — (1833-1911)
On W Main Street.
385 Kentucky, Bracken County, Germantown — 2076 — John Gregg Fee / Arnold Gragston — (1816–1901) /                                
On Bridgeville Road (Kentucky Route 875) south of Brooksville-Germantown Road ( Route 10), on the right when traveling south.
386 Kentucky, Campbell County, Bellevue — 1351 — Bellevue, Kentucky
On Fairfield Avenue (Kentucky Route 8) near Patchen Avenue, on the right when traveling east.
387 Kentucky, Campbell County, Newport — 121 — General James Taylor Home
On East Third Street at Overton Street, on the right when traveling west on East Third Street.
388 Kentucky, Daviess County, Maceo — 1241 — Uncle Tom Lived Here
On U.S. 60 1.2 miles east of Kelly Cemetery Road, on the right when traveling east.
389 Kentucky, Fayette County, Lexington — 2466 — Second Presbyterian Church
On East Main Street (Business U.S. 25) at Ransom Avenue, on the right when traveling south on East Main Street.
390 Kentucky, Fayette County, Lexington, Historic South Hill — 2 — Thriving Black Entrepreneurs — Freed Blacks Lived in this Neighborhood — Downtown African-American Heritage Trail —
On South Limestone north of West Maxwell Street, on the left when traveling north.
391 Kentucky, Franklin County, Frankfort — 2235 — Emily Thomas Tubman House
On Washington Street south of West Broadway Street, on the right when traveling south.
392 Kentucky, Green County, Greensburg — 846 — Lincoln's Law Partner
On S. Main Street (U.S. 68) south of W. Columbia Avenue, on the right when traveling south.
393 Kentucky, Green County, Summersville — 719 — Lincoln's Mentor
On Hudgins Highway (State Highway 569) at Hodgenville Road (State Highway 61), on the right when traveling west on Hudgins Highway.
394 Kentucky, Jefferson County, Louisville, Butchertown — Lincoln Memorial — [Louisville, Kentucky]
On East River Road at E Witherspoon Street, on the right when traveling east on East River Road.
395 Kentucky, Jefferson County, Louisville, Downtown — 2072 — Kentucky Fugitives to Canada
On W. Main Street (U.S. 31W) at N. 4th Street, on the right when traveling west on W. Main Street.
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396 Kentucky, Jefferson County, Louisville, Downtown — 1990 — Slave Trading In Louisville / Garrison Slave Pen Site
On S 2nd Street at W Main Street, on the right when traveling north on S 2nd Street.
397 Kentucky, Jefferson County, Louisville, University — Freedom Park: A Journey to Freedom — The Underground Railroad
On South 3rd Street south of West Cardinal Boulevard, on the left when traveling south.
398 Kentucky, Jefferson County, Louisville, University — The Freedom Park: A Journey to Freedom — The Free Black Community of Louisville
On West Cardinal Boulevard at South 3rd Street ( Route 1020), on the right when traveling east on West Cardinal Boulevard.
399 Kentucky, Jessamine County, Nicholasville — African American Enlistment
Near Danville Road Loop 2 0.4 miles south of Fitch Road.
400 Kentucky, Jessamine County, Nicholasville — The Thirteenth Amendment
Near Danville Road Loop 2 0.4 miles south of Fitch Road.

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