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Network to Freedom Historical Markers

The Network to Freedom commemorates the stories of the men and women who risked everything for freedom and those who helped them. This series includes markers highlighting the freedom seekers, conductors, station masters, and others as well as locations and events on the Underground Railroad which are not necessarily certified as part of the Network to Freedom and not part of other specific Underground Railroad marker series.
 
By Craig Baker, July 22, 2024
Owen Brown Marker
1 ► California, Los Angeles County, Altadena — Owen Brown — An Abolitionist Comes West —
2 ► Delaware, Kent County, Dover, East Dover Hundred — The Dickinsons in Delaware — Welcome to the John Dickinson Plantation — First State National Historical Park, National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior —
3 ► Delaware, New Castle County, Wilmington — "The Rocks" and the Underground Railroad — The Delaware Underground Railroad —
4 ► District of Columbia, Washington, Northwest Washington, Adams Morgan — Rediscovery and Remembrance — Hallowed Ground — Rock Creek Park, National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior —
5 ► District of Columbia, Washington, Northwest Washington, Adams Morgan — Resilience and Resistance — Hallowed Ground — Rock Creek Park, National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior —
6 ► District of Columbia, Washington, Northwest Washington, Adams Morgan — Seeking Freedom — Hallowed Ground — Rock Creek Park, National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior —
7 ► District of Columbia, Washington, Northwest Washington, Adams Morgan — Soldiers, Sailors, and Refugees of War — Hallowed Ground — Rock Creek Park, National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior —
8 ► District of Columbia, Washington, Northwest Washington, Kalorama Triangle — The Courage of Hortense Prout / La valentνa de Hortense Prout — National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom —
9 ► District of Columbia, Washington, Northwest Washington, Penn Quarter — e.2 — Ending Slavery in Washington — Civil War to Civil Rights — Downtown Heritage Trail —
10 ► District of Columbia, Washington, Southeast Washington, Barney Circle — National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom —
11 ► Florida, Manatee County, Palma Sola — Back to Angola — De Soto National Memorial —
12 ► Florida, Miami-Dade County, Key Biscayne — Escaping to Freedom in the Bahamas —
13 ► Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Golden Gate — Activists in the Anti-Slavery Movement —
14 ► Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Golden Gate — Freedom Seekers and the Underground Railroad: Ton Farm Site —
15 ► Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Golden Gate — Pathways to Freedom: The Underground Railroad in Chicago —
16 ► Illinois, DuPage County, Lombard — Sheldon Peck Homestead and Underground Railroad Site —
17 ► Illinois, Kendall County, Yorkville — Bristol Churches and the Underground Railroad —
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18 ► Illinois, Morgan County, Jacksonville — Benjamin Henderson —
19 ► Illinois, Morgan County, Jacksonville — Elihu Wolcott —
20 ► Illinois, Morgan County, Jacksonville — Henry Irving —
21 ► Illinois, Morgan County, Jacksonville — Julia Wolcott Carter —
22 ► Illinois, Morgan County, Jacksonville — William C. Verry — Died March 10, 1877 —
23 ► Illinois, Morgan County, Jacksonville — William Chauncey Carter —
24 ► Illinois, Pike County, Barry, Hadley Township — New Philadelphia and the Underground Railroad —
25 ► Illinois, Pike County, Barry, Hadley Township — New Philadelphia Town Site —
26 ► Indiana, Floyd County, New Albany — The Town Clock Church —
27 ► Indiana, Jefferson County, Madison — 39.2006.2 — John H. and Sarah Tibbets —
28 ► Iowa, Polk County, West Des Moines — Welcome to the Jordan House —
29 ► Iowa, Poweshiek County, Grinnell — Josiah Bushnell Grinnell —
30 ► Kansas, Leavenworth County, Leavenworth — Planters Hotel — National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom Site —
31 ► Kentucky, Jessamine County, Nicholasville — Fort Jackson —
32 ► Kentucky, Oldham County, La Grange — Oldham County History Center —
33 ► Kentucky, Oldham County, La Grange — Oldham County History Center —
34 ► Kentucky, Oldham County, La Grange — Oldham County History Center —
35 ► Kentucky, Oldham County, La Grange — Oldham County History Center —
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36 ► Louisiana, Natchitoches Parish, Derry — Escaped! Freedom Seekers in 1804 —
37 ► Louisiana, Natchitoches Parish, Derry — Escaped! Freedom Seekers in 1863 —
38 ► Louisiana, Natchitoches Parish, Natchez — Escaped! Freedom Seekers in 1863-1864 —
39 ► Maryland, Baltimore, Carroll Park — Mount Clare — Freedom Seekers at Georgia Plantation — National Underground Railroad-Network to Freedom —
40 ► Maryland, Baltimore, Inner Harbor — Pathways to Freedom —
41 ► Maryland, Baltimore, Inner Harbor — Tilly's Escape —
42 ► Maryland, Baltimore, Pigtown — The Underground Railroad — The Historic National Road, America's First Federally Funded Highway —
43 ► Maryland, Caroline County, Harmony — “Sailing Away to Freedom” — Gilpin Point — Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad Byway —
44 ► Maryland, Caroline County, Preston — 28 — Webb Cabin — Living Free — Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad Byway —
45 ► Maryland, Cecil County, Cecilton — Union Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church — A Sanctuary of Faith & Freedom —
46 ► Maryland, Cecil County, Chesapeake City — St. Augustine Parish — Revolutionary Paths to Freedom —
47 ► Maryland, Cecil County, Perryville — Perryville Railroad Ferry & Station — A Dangerous Crossing to Freedom —
48 ► Maryland, Dorchester County, Bucktown — Finding Freedom —
49 ► Maryland, Dorchester County, Cambridge — Finding Freedom —
50 ► Maryland, Dorchester County, Church Creek — Finding Freedom — National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom —
51 ► Maryland, Dorchester County, Church Creek — The Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad Visitor Center —
52 ► Maryland, Frederick County, Myersville — Explore Maryland as the Crucible of the Nation —
53 ► Maryland, Frederick County, Myersville — Explore Maryland as the Crucible of the Nation —
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54 ► Maryland, Howard County, Ellicott City — Howard County Courthouse, 1843 — National Park Service Underground Railroad — Network to Freedom —
55 ► Maryland, Howard County, Ellicott City — Howard County Jail, 1851 — National Park Service Underground Railroad — Network to Freedom —
56 ► Maryland, Howard County, Ellicott City — Old Court House, 1840: — National Park Service Underground Railroad — Network to Freedom — Reported missing
57 ► Maryland, Montgomery County, Silver Spring, Downtown Silver Spring — William L. Chaplin Arrested! —
58 ► Maryland, Prince George's County, Lake Arbor — Seeking Freedom —
59 ► Maryland, St. Mary's County, Scotland — "Contraband" Camp — Point Lookout State Park — Maryland Park Service —
60 ► Massachusetts, Essex County, Salem — Salem Common — Salem —
61 ► Michigan, Cass County, Vandalia — The Kentucky Raid —
62 ► Missouri, St. Louis, Near North Riverfront — Mary Meachum Freedom Crossing — Moving Along and Across a Great River — Reported missing
63 ► Nebraska, Otoe County, Nebraska City — Alexander Majors Residence — Network to Freedom-Site of Escape — Nebraska Underground Railroad Tour —
64 ► Nebraska, Otoe County, Nebraska City — Stephen F. Nuckolls Residence — Network to Freedom-Site of Escape — Nebraska Underground Railroad Tour —
65 ► Nebraska, Richardson County, Falls City — The Dorrington House — National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom —
66 ► New York, Chautauqua County, Jamestown — The Underground Railroad —
67 ► New York, Chemung County, Elmira — John W. Jones —
68 ► New York, Chemung County, Elmira — Underground Railroad Participants —
69 ► New York, Erie County, Buffalo, Unity Island — Black Rock Harbor / From Plantation to Promised Land — National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom —
70 ► New York, Erie County, Buffalo, Unity Island — Broderick Park / Distinctive River Ecosystems — National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom —
71 ► New York, Erie County, Buffalo, Unity Island — Harrowing Journey — National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom —
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72 ► New York, Erie County, Buffalo, Unity Island — Industrial Powerhouse — National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom —
73 ► New York, Erie County, Buffalo, Unity Island — International Crossing — National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom —
74 ► North Carolina, Bertie County, Windsor — Roanoke River Underground Railroad Trail —
75 ► North Carolina, Chowan County, Edenton — Escape Via Maritime Underground Railroad — Reported permanently removed
76 ► North Carolina, Chowan County, Edenton — Maritime Underground Railroad — Escape by Sea —
77 ► North Carolina, Dare County, Manteo — First Light of Freedom — The Freedmen’s Colony of Roanoke Island — National Underground Railroad - Network To Freedom —
78 ► North Carolina, Halifax County, Halifax — Escape! — The Roanoke River, Halifax, and the Maritime Underground Railroad. —
79 ► North Carolina, New Hanover County, Wilmington, Riverfront — Underground Railroad Activity in Wilmington, N.C. — Orange Street Landing on Cape Fear —
80 ► North Carolina, New Hanover County, Wilmington, Riverfront — What is the National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom? — Orange Street Landing on Cape Fear —
81 ► North Carolina, New Hanover County, Wilmington, Riverfront — William Benjamin Gould: A Brief Biography — Orange Street Landing on Cape Fear —
82 ► North Carolina, Pasquotank County, Elizabeth City — 2004 — Pasquotank River —
83 ► North Carolina, Washington County, Plymouth — Plymouth was at the Center of the Underground Railroad in North Carolina —
84 ► North Carolina, Washington County, Plymouth — Plymouth Water Street Landing Park —
85 ► North Carolina, Washington County, Plymouth — Why Plymouth? — Willing Citizens, Opportunity, Transportation —
86 ► Ohio, Brown County, Ripley — John P. Parker Memorial Park —
87 ► Ohio, Clermont County, New Richmond — 1st Regular Baptist Church — Underground Railroad Site — Clermont Freedom Trail —
88 ► Ohio, Clermont County, New Richmond — Dr. John G. Rogers Home & Office — Underground Railroad Site — Clermont Freedom Trail —
89 ► Ohio, Clermont County, New Richmond — New Richmond Waterfront — Underground Railroad Site — Clermont Freedom Trail —
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90 ► Ohio, Clermont County, Williamsburg — 30 — Charles B. Huber Farm — Clermont County, Ohio Freedom Trail — National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom —
91 ► Ohio, Clermont County, Williamsburg — 27 — Charles B. Huber Home Site — Clermont County, Ohio Freedom Trail — National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom —
92 ► Ohio, Clermont County, Williamsburg — 28 — Dr. L.T. Pease Home Site — Clermont County, Ohio Freedom Trail — National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom —
93 ► Ohio, Clermont County, Williamsburg — 26 — Marcus Sims - Huber Tannery Location — Clermont County, Ohio Freedom Trail — National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom —
94 ► Ohio, Clermont County, Williamsburg — 29 — Williamsburg Township Cemetery — Clermont County, Ohio Freedom Trail — National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom —
95 ► Ohio, Fairfield County, Rushville — Formerly Enslaved People —
96 ► Ohio, Fulton County, Delta — John King and King Family Cemetery —
97 ► Ohio, Lawrence County, Ironton — 5-44 — John Campbell Memorial Home —
98 ► Ohio, Muskingum County, Zanesville — Putnam Presbyterian Church — Circa 1835 —
99 ► Pennsylvania, Cambria County, Johnstown — Escape of Freedom Seekers Patrick and Abraham —
100 ► Pennsylvania, Indiana County, Blairsville — Chester C. Davis and the Kidnapping of 1858 — The Blairsville Area Underground Railroad —

116 entries matched your criteria. The first 100 are listed above. The final 16 ⊳
 
 
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