On Main Street at East 8th Street, on the right when traveling north on Main Street.
In memory of Fulton County Citizens who harbored fugitive slaves on their way to freedom in Canada. In Indiana, the underground railroad began along the Ohio River in 1850. After the Fugitive Slave Law was passed requiring citizens to help capture . . . — — Map (db m37667) HM
On South Clay Street at West Oak Street, on the left when traveling north on South Clay Street.
Side 'One'
Born 1799 in North Carolina. Purchased land 1818 in Gibson County. Cockrum and Jacob Warrick Hargrove laid out the town of Oakland (now Oakland City) on January 15, 1856. Cockrum and his son William Monroe Cockrum, along with . . . — — Map (db m47807) HM
Near West 1st Street at South Main Street, on the right when traveling west.
George and Hannah Boxley, first white settlers in Adams Twp., built the log cabin which still stands on this property in 1827. The Boxley's, early leaders in the community, used their home as a station on the Underground Railroad prior to the Civil . . . — — Map (db m216543) HM
On West First Street west of South Main Street, on the right when traveling west.
Born in Virginia, George Boxley, first settler in Adams Township, Hamilton County, came to Indiana, as a fugitive from justice. Accused of helping slaves to escape and fomenting a slave rebellion in 1816 in Spotsylvania County, Virginia, Boxley . . . — — Map (db m216521) HM
On Hoovert Street west of North Union Street, on the right when traveling east.
In 1837, an enslaved family of three escaped from Missouri; settled six miles north of here 1839 with name Rhodes. In 1844, Singleton Vaughn arrived at their home to claim them; family resisted until neighbors arrived. Vaughn agreed to take . . . — — Map (db m216703) HM
On East Chestnut Street, on the right when traveling east.
Born in Maryland early 1810's. Bought land in Corydon, May 1849. In November 1857, Kentuckians arrested Wright and two white men, Charles and David Bell; they were indicted and jailed in Kentucky for aiding escape of fugitive slave. Bells . . . — — Map (db m9615) HM
On North Maple Street near East High Street, on the right when traveling north.
Side one
Free blacks and former slaves organized an African Methodist Episcopal congregation in Corydon by 1843. In 1851, church trustees purchased land in Corydon in order to build a church and for school purposes. In 1878, church . . . — — Map (db m9752) HM
On S. High St at E. Main St, on the right when traveling north on S. High St.
Seth Hinshaw, (1787-1865), well-known abolitionist, operated a station of the Underground Railroad on this site, prior to the Civil War. He also operated a store in which he refused to sell goods produced by slave labor. In 1843, Hinshaw helped . . . — — Map (db m63804) HM
On North Broadway Street (State Road 11) south of East 2nd Street, on the left when traveling south.
Side 'One'
On April 15, 1860 at the Seymour railroad depot, a shipping box was damaged while being transferred; McClure was discovered inside and immediately identified himself as a fugitive slave from Nashville, Tennessee. The box had been . . . — — Map (db m46663) HM
On W County Road 650N 0.4 miles east of N Country Road 750W, on the left when traveling east.
Early Quaker settlement established 1836; center of Underground Railroad activity. Meeting house erected here, 1840, on land donated by Enos and Margaret Lewis; used by Congregational Friends, by Spiritualist society, as school, community hall; . . . — — Map (db m214984) HM
On Ohio River Scenic Byway (State Road 56) at South Eagle Hollow Road, on the right when traveling west on Ohio River Scenic Byway.
Harris, a free African American, came to Madison, 1839, as the fight over slavery along the Ohio River became more violent. He worked as a teamster, farmer, and Baptist minister. His family owned land in Eagle Hollow and Madison. Harris's activities . . . — — Map (db m206771) HM
Near State Road 250 0.1 miles east of N. Rector Road (County Road N700W), on the right when traveling east.
(Side One)
College developed 1854 from Eleutherian Institute, founded 1848. Thomas Craven and anti-slavery advocates in the area created and supported the institution for education of students of all races and genders. This structure, . . . — — Map (db m74046) HM
On Jefferson Street (U.S. 421) at 5th Street, on the right when traveling north on Jefferson Street.
Free blacks settled in Madison as early as 1820. The growing black community began businesses and organized churches and schools in this area, later called Georgetown. Risking their own freedom, some free black residents here actively aided slaves . . . — — Map (db m206726) HM
On Boyd Road (County Road N700W) 0.3 miles north of State Road 250, on the right when traveling north.
(Side One)
The Tibbets provided assistance to fugitive slaves here in their home (now part of National Park Service, Network to Freedom); John piloted them to the next safe haven. Both were members of Neil’s Creek Anti-Slavery Society . . . — — Map (db m74045) HM
Near State Road 250 at Boyd Road (County Road N700W), on the right when traveling east.
(Side One)
Born in Vermont 1804. Moved to Jefferson County 1834, where he owned land and had several manufacturing businesses. Active in Neil’s Creek Anti-Slavery Society and in forming Liberty Party for abolition of slavery. He and his . . . — — Map (db m74044) HM
On West Main Street (Ohio River Scenic Byway) (Indiana Route 56) 0.1 miles west of West Street, on the right when traveling west.
Madison Historic District has been designated a National Historic Landmark Madison’s Historic District is nationally significant for its extraordinary collection of nineteenth century residential and commercial architecture, for . . . — — Map (db m180845) HM
On Mill Street south of First Street, on the right when traveling south.
Side A
Madison’s Riverfront
Once a bustling commercial and industrial area,
Madison’s riverfront has greatly changed since the
City’s founding in 1809. On these banks stood
factories, mills, hotels and taverns, typical of . . . — — Map (db m22775) HM
On Jefferson Street (U.S. 421) at 5th Street, on the right when traveling north on Jefferson Street.
The Underground Railroad was the path to freedom for slaves escaping bondage in the American South. Its conductors were men and women, both black and white, who aided freedom seekers on the road to liberty. For many freedom seekers, Madison was the . . . — — Map (db m206718) HM
On North 8th Street south of Broadway Street, on the right when traveling south.
Born circa 1801, Clark, a slave, was purchased in Kentucky in 1814 by B. J. Harrison, brought to Vincennes in 1815, and indentured as his servant. In 1816, G.W. Johnston purchased her indenture for 20 years. In 1821, Clark and attorney Amory . . . — — Map (db m306959) HM
Henry D. Palmer, M.D. (1809-1877) located at this site in 1836. First physician in Lake County, he was also counselor to the pioneers for 40 years and member of the underground railroad aiding escaped slaves. — — Map (db m27716) HM
On N. Pendleton Avenue north of Fall Creek Parkway, on the right when traveling north.
(Side One)
In 1843, Massachusetts Anti-Slavery Society sent speakers to New York, Pennsylvania, Ohio, and Indiana to hold "One Hundred Conventions" on abolition. When speakers encountered citizens with deeply held racist ideas, they were . . . — — Map (db m69254) HM
Near North Blackford Street north of Indianapolis Cultural Trail, on the right when traveling north.
Settled by Quakers and African-American Freedmen farmers from the Carolinas, Randolph County provided a corridor for the mid-19th century Underground Railroad. In the decades following the Civil War, the drilling of natural gas brought major glass . . . — — Map (db m238979) HM
On 13th Street at Park Street, on the right when traveling east on 13th Street.
(Front): Born 1801 in New York; moved to Indiana 1817. Admitted to bar 1825; became influential lawyer. Settled in Indianapolis 1836. His opposition to slavery on moral and religious grounds was reflected in his political affiliations and . . . — — Map (db m4644) HM
In 1844, John Freeman, a free black, purchased land in Indianapolis. By 1853, he owned land in this area worth $6,000. In June 1853, a slaveholder claimed Freeman was his runaway slave. Freeman spent nine weeks in jail; he hired lawyers; claim was . . . — — Map (db m1833) HM
On North West Street just south of Indiana Avenue, on the right when traveling south. Reported damaged.
Overall, a free African American, sold his properties in Corydon, moved with his family to Indianapolis by 1830, and bought land near here 1832. He became a leader in small black community and played active role in growth of AME Church. Overall’s . . . — — Map (db m127962) HM
On East Wabash Avenue, on the left when traveling east.
Small Upper Brass Plaque - by Front Door:
This property is listed in the National Register of Historic Places. United States Department of Interior.
Large Middle - Brass Plaque
In Memory of the Soldiers of the . . . — — Map (db m9396) HM
Site of house reputed to be a stop on the "Underground Railroad." Reconstructed cabin, which was portion of house owned by John Allen Speed, now located on grounds of Lane mansion. Speed, active in abolitionist movement, was Mayor of Crawfordsville, . . . — — Map (db m3870) HM
On State Road 42 just west of Northwest Union Road, on the right when traveling west.
The West Union Friends Meeting was established in 1832 by Quakers from North Carolina. It was the first church and school in Monrovia which was established in 1834 by Quakers Gideon Johnson and George Hubbard. Members of the West Union Friends . . . — — Map (db m233821) HM
On Fourth Street at North Poplar Street, on the left when traveling east on Fourth Street.
African American Samuel Barkshire was freed from slavery in Boone County, Kentucky in 1833. He and his family moved here in 1836. The Barkshires defied fugitive slave laws to provide aid and comfort to those escaping bondage in the South. Their . . . — — Map (db m180716) HM
On U.S. 41 0.1 miles County Road 500N, on the left when traveling north.
A memorial to
Alfred & Rhoda Hadley
and others of Bloomindale
who maintained an
Underground Railroad Station
to assist fugitive
slaves to Freedom. — — Map (db m59730) HM
On Stingley Rd (County Route 600 S) at South Arba Pike (County Route 850 E), on the right when traveling east on Stingley Rd.
Union Literary Institute was one of the first schools to offer higher education without regard to color or sex before the Civil War. It was established in 1846 by a biracial board, including free blacks from nearby settlements. At the . . . — — Map (db m139553) HM
On E. Washington Street (State Road 32) at S. East Street, on the right when traveling east on E. Washington Street.
(Side One)
When this meeting house was dedicated 1898, membership in Quarterly Meeting of Friends at Winchester was largest in the world. Migration of the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers) into this area began 1814 with the arrival . . . — — Map (db m69283) HM
On West Franklin Street at South Main Street, on the right when traveling west on West Franklin Street.
Randolph County's religious roots reveal a deeply tolerant and progressive community. Beginning in 1814, members of the Society of Friends (Quakers) first worshiped collectively in the area. Other frontier believers worshiped before the preaching of . . . — — Map (db m222248) HM
On County Road N 975W at W. Flatrock Road, on the right when traveling north on County Road N 975W.
(Side One)
August 12, 1843 Union Church organized as Freewill Baptist church at home of Harvey Marshall. Church covenant states: “We cannot receive slaveholders into the church nor those who believe that slavery is right.” . . . — — Map (db m73987) HM
On Madison Street (U.S. 421) north of Main Street, on the left when traveling north.
Napoleon, the site of many political conventions, in 1851 hosted the Free Soil Convention represented by abolitionist
Johnson Watts, joined by James H. Cravens and J. Cady, called for repeal of the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850. This inn, owned . . . — — Map (db m262102) HM
On East Fairground Avenue east of East Beech Street (State Road 350), on the left when traveling east.
A network of anti-slavery leaders involved families of Isaac Levi, a Revolutionary War veteran. He came to Claytown (Osgood) in 1832 from Vevay where he apparently was part of the Underground Railroad; his brother-in-law, John Ewing of Ohio joined . . . — — Map (db m45940) HM
On East Fairground Avenue east of East Beech Street (State Road 350), on the left when traveling east.
One of the main Underground Railroad routes came from Madison to the Ohio River north to Holton, Otter Village, and east to Osgood. It then followed the rail line east to Laughery switch, then turned north to Napoleon. So many fugitive slaves . . . — — Map (db m45938) HM
On East Tyson Street at North Washington Street, on the left when traveling east on East Tyson Street.
Side One
Born 1808 Ontario County, New York. Moved with family to Ripley County, 1820. Prominent abolitionist and orator, delivering powerful anti-slavery speeches throughout the area, often against public sentiment. Was active in . . . — — Map (db m45873) HM
On South Public Square at Wayne Street, on the right when traveling north on South Public Square.
Who has been a slave in the State of New York, and who has been a Lecturer for the last twenty-three years, whose characteristics have been so vividly portrayed by Mrs. Harriet Beecher Stowe, as the African Sybil, will deliver a lecture upon the . . . — — Map (db m254896) HM
On Wayne Street at East Maumee Street when traveling south on Wayne Street.
Abolitionist, evangelist, author and women's rights activist Sojourner Truth spoke on our courthouse steps in the spring of 1861 during her stay in Steuben County, Indiana.
This sculpture by artist Jim Haire is a tribute to the Indiana Women's . . . — — Map (db m254894) HM
On West Swager Drive at South Wayne Street ( Road 827), on the left when traveling west on West Swager Drive.
Built in 1847-1849 by Erastus Farnham. A Staunch
abolitionist and one of the local Underground
Railroad leaders, Farnham designed this
home in part to be used as a stop on
the Underground Railroad.
National Register of Historic Places — — Map (db m241159) HM
On West Cora Lane (Local Road N700E) near Local Road E750N, on the right when traveling south.
The Potawatomis' met the Scottish Covenanters on these lands in the
middle 1830's. The northeast Indiana Covenanters and Potawatomis were
extremely good friends. The Covenanter religion did not acknowledge the
U.S. Constituton at the time due . . . — — Map (db m222030) HM
On West Main Street west of Liberty Street, on the right when traveling west.
Top
Martha A. Graham
( Drawing of the River Paddle-wheeler. )
Lower Section
Designed in the Greek Classic style by David Dubach, Architect, and built by John Haley c. 1864, with restoration completed c. 1992. It is . . . — — Map (db m46132) HM
On West Main Street west of Liberty Street, on the right when traveling west.
A stop on the underground
railroad bringing slaves
to freedom
1862 - 1864
commemorated 1976
Vevay, Indiana
This memorial placed in honor of the
descendants of the Rayls and Pickett
families in the Bicentennial . . . — — Map (db m45896) HM
On West 700 South at South 550 West, on the right when traveling east on West 700 South.
Buddell Sleeper (1806-1888) and his wife, Elizabeth Welch (1802-1889), arrived in Tippecanoe County in the Fall of 1835. The Sleepers would become prominent members of the Farmers Institute Quaker Community and the Greenfield Monthly Meeting of . . . — — Map (db m175614) HM
On County Road W 700 S east of Road S 550 W, on the right when traveling east. Reported permanently removed.
Site of station of Underground Railway used by Quakers during pre-Civil War days in smuggling slaves to Canada. Leader of the enterprise was Buddell Sleeper. — — Map (db m34871) HM
On Carpenter Street at NW 3rd Street, on the right when traveling west on Carpenter Street.
This is a site of an Underground Railway Station during the Civil War period. Runaway slaves were secretly hidden until they could be relayed to similar stations further north. — — Map (db m176049) HM
On North Hunt Street at Debney Road, on the right when traveling north on North Hunt Street.
Lost Creek AME
Church 1840
African Methodist
Episcopal Church
Historic Site
The Underground Railroad
Lost Creek, Indiana, prior to the Civil War was a junction of an important line of the Underground Railroad. Slaves fleeing from North . . . — — Map (db m175916) HM
On E. Main Street (U.S. 40) at N. Third Street, on the left when traveling east on E. Main Street.
(Side One)
A political leader defined by his moral convictions, Julian (1817-1899) advocated for abolition, equal rights and land reform, during a period marked by slavery, Civil War, monopolies, and discrimination against blacks, . . . — — Map (db m69282) HM
On Cumberland Street (U.S. 40) west of Davis Street, on the right when traveling west.
A convention was called for by reform-minded Congregational Friends meeting at Greensboro, Henry County, January 1851. Convention held October 14-15, 1851 at Dublin adopted resolutions for political, social, and financial rights for women. Women and . . . — — Map (db m270) HM
On Cross Street (U.S. 27) at South Water Street, on the right when traveling north on Cross Street.
1827 1847 This house was called the "Union Depot of the Underground Railroad," and more than 2000 escaped slaves were cared for here. Tablet placed by Wayne Co. Society of Indianapolis — — Map (db m4482) HM
On Cross Street (U.S. 27) at South Water Street, on the right when traveling north on Cross Street.
Levi Coffin (1798-1877), a Quaker abolitionist, lived in Newport (now Fountain City) with his family 1826-1847. Moved from North Carolina because he and his wife, Catharine, opposed slavery. Advocated, and sold in his store, free-labor products . . . — — Map (db m4480) HM
On South 6th street at South B Street, on the right when traveling south on South 6th street.
As a traveling missionary and
preacher, Quinn helped establish
the African Methodist Episcopal
Church (AME) in free and slave states
before the Civil War. He
influenced the faith, community, and
education of thousands of black . . . — — Map (db m120251) HM
On N A Street (U.S. 40) at 7th Street, on the right when traveling west on N A Street.
On October First, 1842, in what was then an open tract in this city square. Henry Clay, the leader of the Whig Party, delivered an address to an immense multitude and Hiram Mendenhall, a Quaker
abolitionist, presented to him on behalf of the . . . — — Map (db m138953) HM
Iowa assumed an important place in America’s Underground Railroad history when Missourians closed off the Missouri River to Kansas bound settlers. For Iowa residents involved in helping runaways, the work was a dangerous and illegal business. Most . . . — — Map (db m93885) HM
Rev. George B. Hitchcock House
has been designated a
National Historic Landmark
This site possesses national significance
in commemorating the history of the
United States of America
This property is listed in the
National . . . — — Map (db m93862) HM
On First Street north of Omaha Street, on the right when traveling north.
John Brown's Last Iowa Trip 1859
On February 16, 1859 John Brown, with twelve men, women, and children escaping slavery from Missouri, plus his own men, stopped near here at the farm of Jonathan M. Murray.
Murray, a fifty-five . . . — — Map (db m236587) HM
Near Interstate 80 at milepost 208, 3.6 miles west of County Highway V52, on the right when traveling west.
Josiah Bushnell Grinnell, a native of Vermont, was the person to whom Horace Greeley gave his famous advice “Go West, young man, go West.” Grinnell took that advice and in 1854 founded the city that now bears his name. A leader in state government, . . . — — Map (db m224360) HM
Former slave and celebrated abolitionist, Charlotta Pyles
was an outspoken critic of slavery. She was born a slave in
Kentucky in 1804. Her father was a mixture of German and
African American while her mother was a full-blooded
Seminole Indian. . . . — — Map (db m229420) HM
On C Street Southwest at A Street Southwest, on the right when traveling west on C Street Southwest.
In the decades after the Civil War, many Americans commemorated the end of slavery and the Union (northern) military victory in that war. African Americans were especially influential in organizing celebrations of Union soldiers, emancipation, . . . — — Map (db m279077) HM
On 4th Street NW near Market Street NW, on the right when traveling west.
This church was built by Thomas Mitchell. Thomas Mitchell was born in New Hampshire in 1816. he came to Iowa Territory in 1840, and in 1844 became the first white settler of Polk County. He built cabins and later inns to feed and shelter the . . . — — Map (db m44833) HM
On Northwest Madrid Drive at Northwest Nissen Drive, on the right when traveling south on Northwest Madrid Drive.
The Josiah & Mahala Hopkins House (1848) served the community as a post office and early stagecoach stop on the route from Fort Des Moines to Fort Dodge. It was dubbed 20-Mile House for its location 20 miles from Fort Des Moines. Locally, the . . . — — Map (db m285152) HM
Near Fuller Road west of South 19th Street, on the right when traveling west.
Pioneers for Emancipation
The man who built this house was James Cunningham Jordan (1813–1891). He and his wife Melinda were the earliest settlers in Walnut Township, Iowa (now West Des Moines). When he was thirty-three Mr. Jordan built a . . . — — Map (db m236559) HM
On Railroad Place east of 5th Street, on the right when traveling east.
October 1842 – Land is transferred to the United States
1845 - Iowa opened for homesteaders
Spring of 1846 - First settlers moved into Walnut Township, future site of West Des Moines
1849 - Church services began in the Jordan log cabin . . . — — Map (db m236554) HM
On 3rd Avenue at Park Street, on the left when traveling east on 3rd Avenue.
During his lifetime, J.B. Grinnell was a minister, lawyer, sheep farmer, banker, railroad builder, state senator and member of the U.S. Congress. From the beginning, he was driven by opposition to slavery, a passion for education, and a yearning . . . — — Map (db m293695) HM
This is the final resting place of Josiah Bushnell Grinnell; Congregational minister, co-founder of the town that bears his name, member of the U.S. House of Representatives, and passionate abolitionist. As an active participant in the . . . — — Map (db m314934) HM
On the East Bank [of the Neosho River], escaped slaves traveled through caves and tunnels to secret Underground Railroad stations. — — Map (db m57486) HM
On Skyway Highway (U.S. 59) 0.2 miles west of Rawlins Road, on the right when traveling west.
On July 4, 1804, Lewis and Clark exploring the new Louisiana Purchase, camped near this site. Fifty years later the town was founded by Proslavery men and named for Sen. D. R. Atchison. The Squatter Sovereign, Atchison's first newspaper, was an . . . — — Map (db m77888) HM
"But remember this, I am a girl, but I can fire a pistol and if ever the time comes I will send some of you to the place where there is 'weeping and knashing of teeth'...."
Gene Campbell, in a letter to James . . . — — Map (db m54075) HM
On Scott Avenue at East 3rd Street, on the left when traveling south on Scott Avenue.
Kansas was the first state to recruit, train, and send Black soldiers into combat during the Civil War. The 1st and 2nd Kansas Colored Infantry regiments were mustered into service on the parade ground of Fort Scott. Captain William Mathews was a . . . — — Map (db m313434) HM
Born free in Maryland in 1827, William Matthews faced discrimination and limited access to education. In 1856, he relocated to Leavenworth, Kansas, and established the Waverly House, a hotel that became a vital stop on the Underground Railroad. . . . — — Map (db m313755) HM
If you've ever raised your hand in a classroom and been called on, you have Unsung Hero Amos Bronson Alcott to thank. When students were seen as empty vessels to be filled by fast-talking teachers. Alcott saw more potential in students. As a role . . . — — Map (db m314639) HM
After the army sold Fort Scott in 1855, the infantry barracks located here (reconstructed in front of you) became the pro-slavery Western Hotel. The building across the parade ground directly behind you became the anti-slavery Free State Hotel. . . . — — Map (db m36272) HM
Between Lawrence and Topeka, the Kansas turnpike passes near the route of the old Oregon-California Trail, traveled in the 1800s by explorers, missionaries, soldiers, emigrants in search of land, and forty-niners in search of gold. Fifteen miles . . . — — Map (db m103242) HM
On Massachusetts Street south of 6th Street, on the left when traveling south.
On the afternoon of September 14th, 1856, the Free State settlement of Lawrence, Kansas Territory was threatened with invasion by an army of 2700 Pro-slavery Missourians under the command of Generals David R. Atchison and John W. Reid. Encamping . . . — — Map (db m76325) HM
On Massachusetts Street at 7th Street, on the left when traveling south on Massachusetts Street.
The Herald of Freedom,
Abolitionist Newspaper
published on this site 1855-56
Site of Liberty Hall,
Lawrence's first opera house 1870-1911
The Bowersock Opera House
(Liberty Hall), built in 1912
Designed by Samuel B. Tarbet & Co. . . . — — Map (db m54573) HM
On Elmore Street 0.1 miles south of East 3rd Street, on the right when traveling south.
Samuel Jones was an entrepreneur. He constructed Constitution Hall in 1856 and it is now a National Landmark. He was appointed Sheriff of Douglas County, Kansas, in 1856 by Territorial Governor Daniel Woodson. Sheriff Jones enforced the laws of the . . . — — Map (db m119138) HM
On Elmore Street south of East 3rd Street, on the left when traveling north.
In 1855 the new town of Lecompton became the capital of Kansas Territory. President James Buchanan appointed a governor and officials to establish government offices in Lecompton, and construction began on an elegant capitol building. In the fall . . . — — Map (db m287506) HM
On U.S. 160 at Osage Street, on the right when traveling east on U.S. 160.
The State of Connecticut proudly joins the State of Kansas in honoring the lifetime achievements of Prudence Crandall, educator and champion of human rights. Crandall’s courage and determination serve as examples of all who face seemingly . . . — — Map (db m57961) HM
On U.S. 160 at Osage Street, on the right when traveling east on U.S. 160.
In 1831, Prudence Crandall, educator, emancipator, and human rights advocate, established a school which in 1833, became the first Black female academy in New England at Canterbury, Connecticut. This later action resulted in her arrest and . . . — — Map (db m57960) HM
On U.S. 75 at 286th Road, on the left when traveling south on U.S. 75. Reported permanently removed.
Just before Christmas, 1858, John Brown "liberated" eleven slaves in Missouri. He hid them in a covered wagon and circled north on the underground railway toward Nebraska and freedom. En route a Negro baby was born. Late in January they reached . . . — — Map (db m228347) HM
On 286th Road at U.S. 75, on the right when traveling west on 286th Road.
One witness to this event later wrote that it was “no joke” to attack old John Brown. The abolitionist inspired such terror that in January 1859, about 1.5 miles north of here, a U.S. marshal fled at the mere sight of him. Brown, escorting 11 slaves . . . — — Map (db m262990) HM
On U.S. 59 at 142nd Street, on the left when traveling north on U.S. 59.
In September, 1856, a band of Proslavery men sacked Grasshopper Falls (Valley Falls) and terrorized the vicinity. On the 13th, the Free-State leader James H. Lane with a small company besieged a party of raiders in log buildings at Hickory Point, . . . — — Map (db m55362) HM
On Esplanade Street near Miami Street, on the left when traveling south.
"Each man carried a bowie-knife, a revolver, a pair of breeches, a shirt and a very don't-care a damn expression...The stews and brothels, the hospitals and poorhouses of the East can furnish thousands more of just such scabby, scurvy, scapegoats, . . . — — Map (db m46709) HM
On 5th Street north of Shawnee Street, on the right when traveling north.
Leavenworth was founded in June, 1854, although it was not incorporated until the following summer. During the territorial struggle which flared between proslavery and Free-State forces, the city was the scene of many incidents which contributed . . . — — Map (db m71724) HM
On Esplanade Street at Shawnee Street, on the right when traveling north on Esplanade Street.
In 1859, Charles Fisher (aka Peter and Charley Fisher), an African American barber, was
kidnapped from his place of employment at the Planters Hotel. Fisher's choice to work at the
Planters Hotel was an interesting one as it was "a recognized . . . — — Map (db m286947) HM
On Kiowa Street at 4th Street, on the right when traveling west on Kiowa Street.
B. K. Bruce • Richard R. Warren • Earl M. Lawson
Donald L. Hollowell • Benjamin H. Day
[Left image] Depot of the Underground Railroad
[Center image] San Juan Hill 1898
Buffalo Soldiers in the Spanish American War
[Right image] . . . — — Map (db m302051) HM
On Main Street (State Highway 52) west of 7th Street, on the right when traveling west.
Original cabin/fort built in 1855 five miles west of Mound City. The original building was the second cabin owned by James Montgomery as the first one was burned by proslavery Missouri Border Ruffians.
The logs were placed vertically on the . . . — — Map (db m93375) HM
Nothing in the struggle over slavery in Kansas did more to inflame the nation than the mass killing which took place May 19, 1858, about four miles northeast of this marker. Charles Hamelton who had been driven from the territory by Free-State men, . . . — — Map (db m4359) HM
A Nation at Odds
The mid 1800s were a time of turmoil and tragedy in the U.S. The issue of slavery polarized the nation. It created a moral, political, and economic dilemma. The struggle over slavery ultimately led to the Civil War, splitting . . . — — Map (db m39862) HM
The bloodiest single incident in the Kansas-Missouri border struggles, 1854-1861, occurred May 19, 1858, when about 30 Proslavery Missourians seized 11 Kansas Free-State men near Trading Post and marched them to a ravine 225 yards northwest of this . . . — — Map (db m39861) HM
Pro- and anti-slavery forces made their way to this area on horseback and on foot in the fight over whether Kansas would be a free state or a slave state. Skirmishes, scuffles and screams could be heard in the woodlands nearby.
The Marias des . . . — — Map (db m33944) HM
On 6th Street at Lincoln Avenue, on the left when traveling north on 6th Street.
Osawatomie - the name derives from a combination of Osage and Pottawatomie - was settled in 1854 by Free-State families from the Ohio Valley and New England. John Brown, soon to become famous for his militant abolitionism, joined five of his . . . — — Map (db m69325) HM
