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August 19, 2024

Travel the Underground Railroad in Belmont County

In celebration of Underground Railroad Month (September), the Underground Railroad Museum will be open for the Ohio Open Doors event on Saturday, September 14th, and Sunday, September 15th. The event will take place from 1 – 4 p.m. on both days. On Saturday, Museum Director, Kristina Estle, will present on the history of the Underground […]

August 12, 2024

The Hidden History of the Ginny District

The Ginny District, one of Urbana’s oldest neighborhoods, dates back to 1805 and has been a crossroads of significant events, places, and people who have shaped both Ohio and the Nation’s history. From the infamous Rev. Jim Jones to former Ohio Governor Joseph Vance, the personalities who lived in or visited this neighborhood are legendary. […]

August 9, 2024

The Kelton House Opens Its Doors to “A Higher Law”

Ohio Open Doors Invites You to an Emmy-Winning Documentary Screening To celebrate International Underground Railroad Month, the Kelton House Museum and Garden, in association with Ohio Open Doors, invites you to a special screening of the Emmy Award-winning documentary, “A Higher Law: The Oberlin-Wellington Rescue of 1858.” Set against the backdrop of the historic Kelton […]

July 27, 2024

Adams County Heritage Day

The Adams County Heritage Center library and museum will be open to the public. Presentations will include Adams County Family History 4-H winner, local tourism, history and genealogy. Local genealogists will also be available to assist with research.

July 16, 2024

Evans Home Historical Society Annual Meeting & Wilson Bruce Evans 200th Birthday

Join us on September 14th from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. for the 4th Annual Meeting of the Evans Home Historical Society and the celebration of the 200th birthday of Wilson Bruce Evans, an African American abolitionist and Underground Railroad operative. Discover the progress made in the rehabilitation of the house built by Evans after […]

June 27, 2024

Middletown Historical Society Fall Open House

The Middletown Historical Society announces its 2024 Fall Open House, featuring two new exhibit rooms. The Business Exhibit features artifacts from various businesses throughout Middletown’s history as well as a collection of items donated by Lee McGee, longtime business owner. The Founders Room features maps and historical facts related to Middletown’s early pioneers. Six other […]

March 25, 2024

Lady Fanm: Master of Disguise

By Valerie Boyer, School and Inclusive Community Programs Coordinator Lady Fanm Goumen, a Creole woman, was known as many different people throughout her life. She’s said to have been born in the summer between 1807 and 1815 in Franklin, Louisiana. Keep in mind that chattel slavery was a time of not seeing enslaved persons as […]

February 21, 2024

Tice Davids: The Origins of the Underground Railroad Name

By Valerie Boyer, School and Inclusive Community Programs Coordinator The commonly held notion of the Underground Railroad is that it was a network of people, places and secret routes that spirited southern slaves from captivity to freedom. We can surmise from the Fugitive Slave Act of 1793, that enslaved folx were already making their escape […]

October 11, 2022

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June 3, 2021

Benjamin Lundy, Ohio Abolitionist and Free Labor Advocate

Though Mount Pleasant may be hard to find on the map, this tiny, rural town in southeastern Ohio played a large role in the fight against slavery.