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The River-To-Lake Freedom Trail Generally Follows the Present Date Visited: ______HURON COUNTY • S.R $"/"%" The River-to-Lake .JDIJHBO ERIE COUNTY • sanDusky Freedom Trail Shoreline Park in Sandusky is the site of the “Abolition Boats Provide an Escape to Freedom in Erie County” marker, dedicated on October 24, 2004. he Underground Railroad was neither Underground Railroad—as a commemorative highway to be The site was donated by the city of Sandusky. $MFWFMBOE underground, nor a railroad, but a known as River-To-Lake Freedom Trail. sanDusky system of loosely connected safe havens The River-To-Lake Freedom Trail generally follows the present Date visited: __________________________________ HURON COUNTY • S.R. 4 and S.R. 113 “Twhere those escaping the brutal conditions of slavery day alignment of U.S. 23 from the Ohio River at Portsmouth, &3*& were sheltered, fed, clothed . and instructed during north through central Ohio. North of Marion County, the trail The “The Underground Railroad in Lyme Township, Huron their journey to freedom.” Thus begins the text born by follows S.R. 4 to Sandusky on the shore of Lake Erie. County” marker is located just southwest of the SENECA COUNTY • s.r. 4 anD s.r. 162 each marker placed along the In 2004 and early 2005, brass intersection of State Routes 4 and 113 in Huron County. The marker was dedicated on October 17, 2004. River-To-Lake Freedom Trail markers—forged in Marietta, Ohio Seneca County’s marker—“The Underground Railroad 4&/&$" )630/ in Ohio to memorialize one at the Sewah Foundry—were placed at Omar Inn and Omar Chapel of Seneca County”—is The historic Lyme Village donated the site. of the most frequently-used in locations of significant local located on State Route 4, just south of State Route 162. corridors of the Underground importance along the trail. Each The marker was dedicated on October 14, 2004. Date visited: ____________________________________ Railroad (UGRR). marker bears text on both sides: The site was donated by Reed Township. Ohio had an extensive one side with a general statement network of trails used by of the UGRR’s history, and the Date visited: ____________________________________ anti-slavery activists, free other detailing the significance of buCyrus CRAWFORD COUNTY • Bucyrus Blacks and churches to help the neighboring community and $3"8'03% fugitive slaves flee from the the contributions of local UGRR At the Bucyrus City Hall on State Route 4 is where you’ll find “The Underground Railroad in Crawford County” South to Canada. Ohio had conductors. Local historians, the MARION COUNTY • marion one of the most active UGRR operations in the nation; Friends of Freedom Society and the State of Ohio Historic marker, dedicated on October 14, 2004. some sources estimate that 40,000 slaves escaped to Preservation Office collaborated in the research, writing and “The Marion County Trail of Bill Anderson” in Marion was ."3*0/ the last of the markers to be dedicated. On February 15, marion The city of Bucyrus donated the site. freedom through Ohio. authentication of the historic texts. 1FOOTZMWBOJB 2005, two identical markers were placed in this county: In the year 2000, U.S. Transportation Secretary Using this map as a guide, ODOT and the Friends of one at the rest stop on U.S. 23 northbound, and one at Date visited: ____________________________________ Rodney Slater bestowed a federal “Millennial Trails” Freedom Society encourage Ohioans and tourists alike to visit *OEJBOB City Hall in downtown Marion. designation on Ohio’s network of escape routes for each historic site and learn more about an important chapter in runaway slaves. The Ohio Department of Transportation Ohio—and American—history. The back of the map has an area The sites were donated by the Ohio Department of Delaware (ODOT) took the designation one step further, for notes, stories about the UGRR in each county, and pictures Transportation and the city of Marion. %&-"8"3& DELAWARE COUNTY • Delaware designating portions of U.S. Route 23 and State Route of related sites. The marker descriptions on the map itself have a 4—one of the most frequently used corridors on the place to record the date you visited each site. Date visited: ____________________________________ On October 28, 2004, Ohio Wesleyan University, the Friends of Freedom Society, and Ohio Department of Date visited: ____________________________________ Transportation unveiled the “Delaware County: Antislavery Stronghold” marker along the bikeway trail at U.S. Routes 2 23 and 36 in the city of Delaware. '3"/,-*/ The city of Delaware donated the site. Columbus Friends of Freedom Society, Inc. FRANKLIN COUNTY • Columbus Date visited: ____________________________________ Ohio Underground Railroad Association On September 22, 2004, the marker at the Ohio Statehouse, “Black Conductors of Columbus,” was The Friends of Freedom Society, Inc. (FOFS) and the Ohio Underground Railroad Association (the research arm of the first of the ten to be dedicated. FOFS) is a grassroots, all volunteer non-profit organization dedicated to the research, identification, documentation, and 1*$,"8": PICKAWAY COUNTY • Circleville preservation of Underground Railroad sites in Ohio. The Capital Square Review Advisory Board donated The marker at the Samuel Moore House, on the corner The organization sponsors an annual Underground Railroad Summit every October in a different Ohio location for the site. CirCleville of Court and Mound streets in Circleville, commemorates those interested in Underground Railroad history; maintains a list of Ohio’s endangered Underground Railroad sites, and Date visited: ________________________________ “The Underground Railroad in Pickaway County.” The S is an advocate for their preservation; installs Ohio Underground Railroad historic markers at individual sites, community marker was dedicated on October 9, 2004. F parks, and trails; develops Underground Railroad education programs; and is producing Freedom Seekers—Ohio and the JW 3 Underground Railroad. The FOFS has distributed red marker flags with its logo to documented Underground Railroad sites The city of Circleville donated the site. P in communities around Ohio. 3044 IJ The Ohio Underground Railroad Association coordinates the activities of volunteers throughout the state as it documents Date visited: ____________________________________ 0 Underground Railroad sites. If you are interested in supporting, joining, or becoming a volunteer with the organization, please visit our website at www.ohioundergroundrailroad.org, or call 614-868-1246. $JODJOOBUJ SCIOTO COUNTY • Portsmouth ROSS COUNTY • Scioto Trails State Park “The Crossing at Scioto County” marker was Visit Scioto Trails State Park to see the “Ross County dedicated at the Shawnee State University on 1*,& Underground Railroad” marker, dedicated on October October 8, 2004. 22, 2004. The marker is located at the park entrance off Credits: U.S. Route 23 and State Route 372. This brochure was produced and funded by Special thanks to: Shawnee State University donated the site. the Ohio Department of Transportation, in Beverly J. Gray Jack R. Marchbanks The Ohio Department of Natural Resources donated Date visited: ___________________________ the site. conjunction with the Friends of Freedom William Drown Bruce Ward 4$*050 Society. Larry Lepard Todd Sloan Date visited: _____________________________________ Photos were provided by the Friends of Elaine Lawson Andrea L. Hernandez 0I 8FTU7JSHJOJB Freedom Society and the Ohio Department of Jim Croneis Kathleen Fuller JP Portsmouth Transportation, districts 3, 6 and 9; text by the Wally Higgins Brian Stacy 3 Friends of Freedom Society. Cathy D. Nelson Michael Stout J W F S The Friends of Freedom Society, Inc. 1006 Lornaberry Ln. ,FOUVDLZ Columbus, OH 43213 614-868-1246 www.ohioundergroundrailroad.org Ohio Department of Transportation District 6 The River-to-Lake-Freedom Trail generally follows the present-day alignment of U.S. Route 23 from 400 E. William St. Delaware, OH 43015 740-833-8000 the Ohio River at Portsmouth, north through central Ohio. North of Marion County the trail follows www.ODOTDistrict6.org state Route 4 to Sandusky on the shore of Lake Erie. The Crossing at Scioto County kept silent about his clandestine activities until the forty years. The minister of citizens opposed to the Fugitive Slave Act. cioto County was dangerous for runaway end of the Civil War. Local lore claims that his house Two of the most noted anti-slavery leaders and Lyme Church— The Sslaves because of its proximity to slave-holding is haunted by a runaway slave who died there en route conductors on the Underground Railroad in Marion Reverend Hart— Abolition Boats Provide an Escape to Freedom states. Runaways often had to continue their to Canada. County were Joseph Morris of Richland Township, listed in the in Erie County journey northward. Numerous slaves fled from and Allen McNeal of Tully Township. Morris used genealogy section rie County, situated on the south shore of Lake River-to-Lake Kentucky across the Ohio River to Wheelersburg Black Conductors of Columbus the basement and attic of his two-story frame home of his family Bible EErie, was an area of great activity along the routes or Portsmouth. Oftentimes a riverboat captain, ranklin County was a very active destination to shelter escaped slaves making their way to Canada. a runaway slave he of the Underground Railroad. Due to its location W i l l i a m Fon the Underground Railroad. Communities McNeal’s home sat far from the road and was nestled took in as a family on Lake Erie, Sandusky was a major terminus on Freedom Trail M c C l a i n , like Clintonville, Worthington, Westerville, and in a secluded area, so runaways were easily housed member. The the Underground Railroad. Runaways were told Ohio’s Underground Railroad d e l i v e r e d Reynoldsburg were proud supporters of the anti- without being detected. A well-known abolitionist Russell Tavern that Sandusky was their “hope” for freedom. The his human slavery cause, and their citizens took great personal throughout the area, McNeal was a member of the in Lyme was also Sandusky docks, particularly those on Water Street, Commemorative Highway cargo to J.J.
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