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Rushville officials will unveil a monument at 10:30 on June 14 commemorating the village's part in the underground railroad.
"The Underground Railroad in Metamora," a documentary highlighting local abolitionist activities, will debut June 22 at Metamora high school.
A new tourism initiative in Ohio is looking to shine a light on the history of freedom fighters throughout the state.
The book, “A History of the Underground Railroad in Decatur County,” will be officially available to the public June 14 ...
GREENSBORO — Guilford College has reached an agreement with the Piedmont Land Conservancy to protect about 120 acres of land ...
A nonprofit has released a new app highlighting the Greater Cincinnati area’s ties to the Underground Railroad.
Derringer, who was 77, was best known as the singer of Hang on Sloopy as a member of the McCoys, and writer of Rock and Roll Hootchie Koo and Hulk Hogan’s Real American wrestling theme. He died on ...
The Gov. Thomas Kirker Homestead in Adams County is one of six Ohio sites recently added to the National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom program. The homestead was a station on the Underground ...
The National Underground Railroad Freedom Center is marking its 30th anniversary in May 2025. It's been 30 years since the concept of a museum telling the story of the Underground Railroad and the ...
Lewis and Harriet Hayden, who were once enslaved in Lexington, became prominent figures in the Underground Railroad. The Lexington Freedom Train Project has been hosting a Lyceum series to educate ...
A model railroad club is back on track after a television comedian and his wife bought the suburban home where it is headquartered and invited the train buffs to stay. James “Murr” Murray ...
CINCINNATI (Cincinnati Business Courier) - The nonprofit behind Cincinnati’s underground beer tunnel tours is expanding its scope outside the urban basin with the excavation of new tunnels that ...