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By William Fischer, Jr., August 11, 2025
Underground Railroad Mural
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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, Indiana — The Rescue of Anthony Hollingsworth —
On June 26, 1845, this 12 year-old fugitive slave was captured by slave hunters. Armed residents surrounded the hotel where he was held and demanded his release, defying federal law. Judge Thomas White freed him in the old courthouse on this site. — — Map (db m40559) HM
 
 
  
  
  
 
 
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Sep. 26, 2026