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Dossier 0999Historic SiteMedium 62

Henry Burden House

Nebraska City, NebraskaSaline County Historical Society1 min readFile amended Directions

A historic site in Nebraska City, Nebraska, a National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom listing, Henry Burden House is filed here for what the record attaches to it. 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 — a documented spine with no haunting reports attached. The site is open to visitors.

Archive note: 3 conflicting records
Status
Operating
Designation
National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom listing
Coordinates
40.539, -97.080 · Approximate (county centroid)
County
Saline

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

Is Henry Burden House 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

The Burden house is the crossed — the 'fortification slave' that's the Confederate labor, the 'Union campfires' that's the freedom seen. The 'deserted at night' is the ran — the 'enlisted USCT' that's the turn made, the 'veteran's land' that's the eligibility earned. The 'first Black' is the settled — the 'Saline County' that's the '68 homestead, the 'only family' that's the years alone.

The 'storage shed' is the mistaken — the 'house forgotten' that's the use changed, the 'students proved' that's the Arlington's work. The 'museum moved' is the saved — the '13 buildings' that's the grounds joined, the 'attic stairs' that's the children's climb. Burden's is the built — the '80 acres' that's the veteran's claim, the 'eight children' that's the father raised.

The file keeps Burden: the fortification escape, the homestead claim, the shed mistaken, and the students' proof.

Burden House is the archive's Nebraska file — the veteran's cabin the county forgot.

Why this file matters

Burden House is the archive's Nebraska file — the first Black homestead in Saline County.

A cabin keeps its builder — the file's suggestion being that Burden's hold is the proved: the 'storage shed' that's the identity lost, the 'students' research' that's the truth restored, and the 'first Black' that's the county's mark.

Two accounts on file

Short Description
On file

NPS-listed historic site associated with the Underground Railroad.

Also reported

The Burden house—the family’s station.

Preserve both source-backed variants; no automatic overwrite.

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 30NE01, source row 540. 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.

Preserve both source-backed variants; no automatic overwrite.

Documented history

  • NPS includes this site in the National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom. 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 'Public NPS Network to Freedom listings, row 2, ID 01GA01'. Documented ground is what separates this file from pure legend — this is part of it.

    Verified historyNational Park Service
  • Henry Burden House is documented on the National Park Service Network to Freedom for its role in the Underground Railroad. A documented site gives the file real substance; this entry is part of that record. It's verified history: the dossier's load-bearing detail. The record appears in 'NPS Network to Freedom listing'. Documented ground is what separates this file from pure legend — this is part of it.

    Verified historyNational Park Service

Sources on file

Field notes & open questions

Government-registry discovery record, unique ID 30NE01, source row 540. 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.

"Henry Burden House." HauntHunt dossier 0999, https://haunthunt.com/place/henry-burden-house-nebraska/ (file amended October 2, 2026).

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