Harrison Johnson Burial Site at Wyuka Funeral Home and Cemetery
Harrison Johnson Burial Site at Wyuka Funeral Home and Cemetery is a historic site in Lincoln, Nebraska, a National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom listing. NPS-listed historic site associated with the Underground Railroad. The archive files it under dark history, Underground Railroad history and the Underground Railroad. The dossier holds 2 documented facts — the record is history-forward, no paranormal claims on file. The site is open to visitors.
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Is Harrison Johnson Burial Site at Wyuka Funeral Home and Cemetery 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
Harrison Johnson is the enlisted — the 'escaped slave' that's the private made, the 'all-white regiment' that's the rule bent. The 'Arkansas fled' is the ran — the 'First Nebraska' that's the refuge found, the 'served the war' that's the enlistment kept. The 'hotel cook' is the after — the 'Lincoln settled' that's the peace's life, the 'GAR post' that's the veteran's place.
The 'son's photographs' is the legacy — the 'John Johnson' that's the '10s lens, the 'Lincoln in Black & White' that's the record made. The 'one headstone' is the marked — the 'family's four' that's the stone shared, the 'Wyuka's tour' that's the stop numbered. Johnson is the crossed — the 'slave to soldier' that's the leap made, the 'white regiment' that's the color line broken.
The file keeps Johnson: the escaped enlistment, the regiment's exception, the cook's peace, and the photographer son.
Harrison Johnson's grave is the archive's Nebraska file — the slave who joined a white regiment.
Why this file matters
Harrison Johnson's grave is the archive's Nebraska file — the escapee who fought in an all-white unit.
A headstone keeps its exception — the file's suggestion being that Johnson's hold is the crossed: the 'all-white regiment' that's the rule broken, the 'private served' that's the war fought, and the 'son's lens' that's the story's second act.
Two accounts on file
HISTORIC_SITE
CEMETERY
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NPS-listed historic site associated with the Underground Railroad.
The freedman’s grave—where Johnson rests.
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National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom listing
NPS Network to Freedom
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Government-registry discovery record, unique ID 26NE01, source row 474. 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.
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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 fact is historically verified — the part of the file that doesn't need hedging. The record appears in 'Public NPS Network to Freedom listings, row 2, ID 01GA01'. The entry's timeline holds it; the lore holds the rest.
Verified historyNational Park ServiceHarrison Johnson Burial Site at Wyuka Funeral Home and Cemetery 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. The fact is historically verified — the part of the file that doesn't need hedging. 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
- 01Public NPS Network to Freedom listings, row 2, ID 01GA01National Park Service · government · A1
- 02NPS Network to Freedom listingNational Park Service · government · A1
- 03Underground RailroadWikipedia · encyclopedia · A4
Field notes & open questions
Government-registry discovery record, unique ID 26NE01, source row 474. 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.