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Barbara Ann Kagey Mayhew Bradway Burial Site

Nebraska City, NebraskaCamp Creek Cemetery1 min readFile amended Directions

A historic site in Nebraska City, Nebraska, a National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom listing, Barbara Ann Kagey Mayhew Bradway Burial Site is filed here for what the record attaches to it. NPS-listed historic site associated with the Underground Railroad. It sits in the archive under dark history, Underground Railroad history and the Underground Railroad. The dossier holds 2 documented facts — a documented spine with no haunting reports attached. The site is open to visitors.

Archive note: 4 conflicting records
Status
Operating
Designation
National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom listing
Coordinates
40.660, -96.066 · Approximate (county centroid)
County
Otoe

NPS public listing access field: Yes. This is a listing snapshot; current arrangements still require confirmation.

Is Barbara Ann Kagey Mayhew Bradway Burial Site haunted?

No claims are filed here — the record keeps this place for its documented history, not for a haunting on file.

The record — long form

Barbara Kagi is the sister — the 'John Kagi' that's the Brown's confidant, the 'Harpers Ferry' that's the brother died. The 'cabin's tunnel' is the dug — the 'cellar beneath' that's the fugitives hid, the 'Nebraska City' that's the territory's edge. The 'well documented' is the proved — the 'station known' that's the Mayhew's home, the '1854 settled' that's the Kansas-Nebraska's year.

The 'cottonwood logs' is the built — the '160 acres' that's the claim made, the 'still stands' that's the cabin kept. The 'sister's view' is the told — the 'first-person portrayal' that's the Crook's lecture, the 'through her eyes' that's the UGRR seen. Barbara is the connected — the 'brother's cause' that's the family's risk, the 'cabin's cellar' that's the freedom's depth.

The file keeps Barbara: the brother's cause, the cabin's tunnel, the territory's edge, and the sister's view.

Barbara Kagi Mayhew is the archive's Nebraska file — the sister of John Brown's man.

Why this file matters

Barbara Kagi Mayhew is the archive's Nebraska file — the cabin where the Underground Railroad went west.

A cabin keeps its tunnel — the file's suggestion being that Barbara's hold is the connected: the 'Kagi's sister' that's the Brown link, the 'cellar' that's the hiding real, and the 'Nebraska Territory' that's the frontier's station.

Two accounts on file

Place Type
On file

HISTORIC_SITE

Also reported

CEMETERY

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Short Description
On file

NPS-listed historic site associated with the Underground Railroad.

Also reported

The conductor’s grave—where Bradway rests.

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Historic Designation
On file

National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom listing

Also reported

NPS Network to Freedom

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Research Notes
On file

Government-registry discovery record, unique ID 22NE02, source row 417. Inclusion concerns slavery, freedom-seeking and resistance history; no haunting is inferred. City, coordinates and detailed history are not inferred from the name. The source Year Established field is not treated as year built/opened.

Also reported

UGRR enrichment wave 4; VERIFY task auto-queued.

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Documented history

  • NPS includes this site in the National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom. A documented site gives the file real substance; this entry is part of that record. The record holds it as fact — documented, not retold. 'Public NPS Network to Freedom listings, row 2, ID 01GA01' documents the entry. Documented ground is what separates this file from pure legend — this is part of it.

    Verified historyNational Park Service
  • Barbara Ann Kagey Mayhew Bradway Burial Site is documented on the National Park Service Network to Freedom for its role in the Underground Railroad. The site's documented history is the record the rest of the file stands on. It's verified history: the dossier's load-bearing detail. The detail is preserved in 'NPS Network to Freedom listing'. It is the kind of fact the rest of the dossier leans on.

    Verified historyNational Park Service

Sources on file

Field notes & open questions

Government-registry discovery record, unique ID 22NE02, source row 417. Inclusion concerns slavery, freedom-seeking and resistance history; no haunting is inferred. City, coordinates and detailed history are not inferred from the name. The source Year Established field is not treated as year built/opened.

"Barbara Ann Kagey Mayhew Bradway Burial Site." HauntHunt dossier 0901, https://haunthunt.com/place/barbara-ann-kagey-mayhew-bradway-burial-site-nebraska/ (file amended October 2, 2026).

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