Search results
Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
The National Underground Railroad Freedom Center is a museum in downtown Cincinnati, Ohio, based on the history of the Underground Railroad.Opened in 2004, the center also pays tribute to all efforts to "abolish human enslavement and secure freedom for all people".
The Museum provides accurate rooms that recreate what the home would have looked like for the Haines family. It also has several exhibits about the preservation work that the museum does. The museum also works to provide underground railroad re-enactments to create a hands-on experience.
Underground Railroad promoter and station master and anti-slavery lecturer. The Guy Beckley House is on the Underground Railroad Network to Freedom. [43] Erastus and Sarah Hussey — Battle Creek [44] Second Baptist Church — Detroit [17] Dr. Nathan M. Thomas House — Schoolcraft [17] Wright Modlin — Williamsville, Cass County.
Retired college librarian and author Kathy Schulz will discuss her book “The Underground Railroad and Ohio” at 3 p.m. Feb. 22 at the Ohio History Connection, 800 E. 17th Ave. Admission costs ...
The Wooster-Wayne Chapter Daughters of the American Revolution will hold a free program on Ohio and the Underground Railroad at the Orrville Public Library 10:30 a.m. Saturday, May 11.
Railroad Ohio River Museum: Marietta Washington Southeast Maritime Operated by the Ohio History Connection, transportation and natural history of the Ohio River Ohio State Reformatory: Mansfield Richland Northeast Prison Late 19th-century prison in use until 1990 Ohio Tobacco Museum Ripley Brown Southwest Industry Tobacco farming and production ...
The L&N depot currently serves as the home for The Historic Railpark and Train Museum, with a two-story museum in the old colored waiting room, and special events venue space in the original white waiting room. Museum docents provide behind the scenes guided tours of the railcars, including several very rare railroad equipment. Current vintage ...
The railroad station on the site now is a 1990s replica of the station which was built at the site in 1910. [3] [4] The museum was chartered in 1954 by railroad enthusiasts from Louisville, through the Kentucky General Assembly, who wished to preserve steam locomotives and other rail paraphernalia. One of its very first displays was the ...