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By William Fischer, Jr., August 11, 2025
Underground Railroad Mural
SHOWN IN SOURCE-SPECIFIED ORDER
1 ► Pennsylvania, Indiana County, Indiana — Underground Railroad Mural —  |
| In the years before the Civil War, Indiana County welcomed people fleeing slavery and helped them get to freedom. "The function of an ideal is not to be realized but, like that of the North Star, to serve as a guiding point." - Edward . . . — — Map (db m281731) HM | |||
| 2 ► Pennsylvania, Indiana County, Clymer — Dr. Robert Mitchell — (1786-1863) — |
| Outspoken opponent of slavery, Mitchell was widely known as an abolitionist. In September 1845, he harbored five fugitives from slavery on his property here. Following a raid by bounty hunters, two men escaped; three were returned to slavery. . . . — — Map (db m40569) HM | |||