ISAAC DOWNEY'S ESCAPE FROM GLOBE FURNACE
Historic Site — Bennett's Mill Bridge County Road 2125, off Kentucky Route 7, Greenup, Kentucky
Status: Operating · Access: Open to public
Dossier: https://haunthunt.com/place/isaac-downey-s-escape-from-globe-furnace-kentucky/

NPS-listed historic site associated with the Underground Railroad.

Isaac Downey's Escape from Globe Furnace is a historic site in Greenup, Kentucky, 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.

Downey's escape is the advertised — the '$75 reward' that's the notice ran, the 'six feet two' that's the man described. The 'ironworker' is the labored — the 'Globe Furnace' that's the '30 built, the 'every task' that's the enslaved did. The 'Ohio across' is the near — the 'Tygarts Creek' that's the water's path, the 'Portsmouth' that's the freedom's town.
The 'lion skin coat' is the detail — the 'overcoat black' that's the ad's note, the 'down look' that's the manner told. The 'fate unknown' is the open — the 'never caught' that's the hope held, the 'bridge stones' that's the furnace's bones. Downey's is the singular — the 'one name' that's the thousands stood for, the 'industrial slavery' that's the furnace's proof.
The file keeps Downey: the reward ad, the ironwork's labor, the creek's path, and the unknown end.
Downey's escape is the archive's Kentucky file — the $75 man who vanished north.

WHY THIS FILE MATTERS
Downey's escape is the archive's Kentucky file — the industrial slave who reached the river.
A site keeps its fugitive — the file's suggestion being that Globe's hold is the singular: the '$75' that's the man's price, the 'Ohio across' that's the freedom near, and the 'fate unknown' that's the story's end.

HISTORY — 2 documented facts
· 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. The date is part of the site's documented spine.
· Isaac Downey's Escape from Globe Furnace 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'. The record keeps it — history, not lore.

SOURCES — 3 cited
· Public NPS Network to Freedom listings, row 2, ID 01GA01 — National Park Service
  https://www.nps.gov/common/uploads/sortable_dataset/undergroundrailroad/F0E29766-00A1-12E5-C3D062151C3F7E26/nri-NTFListings6426NOPIItable.csv?t=1784017173223
· NPS Network to Freedom listing — National Park Service
  https://www.nps.gov/subjects/ugrr/index.htm
· Underground Railroad — Wikipedia
  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Underground_Railroad

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