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Hidden History in Maywood: Discover local stop on the Underground Railroad
FOX News Chicago· 4 days agoHistory is often hidden in plain sight. Suburban Maywood is home to a stop on the Underground...
Author: Plenty of Underground Railroad information available
Cumberland Times-News· 5 days agoAuthor Kevin Mearkle found a “remarkable” amount of information still available when researching his...
Historians seek to add Pontiac cemetery to Underground Railroad Network for Freedom sites
Detroit News· 3 days agoThe network honors, preserves and promotes the history of resistance to enslavement and protects...
Carhenge's little-known link to 1980s incident
BBC via AOL· 3 hours agoIt first appeared at the festival in 1987 and has been brought back by its creator - underground artist Joe Rush, now 63, from London. "Each of the cars...
Elmirans gather at John W. Jones statue dedication
WETM Elmira via Yahoo News· 11 hours agoELMIRA, N.Y. (WETM) — A gathering took place today to honor and dedicate a statue to one of Elmira’s historic figures John W. Jones. Jones was a central...
Residents remember Underground Railroad stops in the Bronx
CBS News via Yahoo News· 3 days agoNEW YORK -- There's extra meaning to Juneteenth for residents in the Bronx as they work to uncover...
Wait ... the Underground Railroad ran across the Rio Grande? A lost story surfaces.
The Christian Science Monitor· 5 days agoMs. Bravo was raised along the U.S.-Mexico border in Hidalgo County, Texas. Before emancipation,...
Marker honors Bloomington's nearly forgotten Black Underground Railroad conductors
The Herald-Times via Yahoo News· 5 days ago.A new historical marker in Switchyard Park memorializes the vital work of conductors —...
Harriet Tubman statue makes a stop in Bastrop
KVUE-TV Austin· 4 days agoOutside the Kerr Community Center in Bastrop now sits a statue of Harriet Tubman, the great abolitionist who helped established the Underground Railroad...
Underground wonder in Bellevue attracts visitors from all over the world
WTVG 13 Action News· 2 days agoIt is a natural treasure that was first discovered more than 150 years ago. Seneca Caverns in...
