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James and Clarinda Montgomery Replica Cabin

Mound City, Kansas702 Main Street1 min readFile amended Directions

A historic site in Mound City, Kansas, a National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom listing, James and Clarinda Montgomery Replica Cabin 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: 3 conflicting records
Status
Operating
Designation
National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom listing
Coordinates
38.140, -94.821 · Approximate (city centroid)

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

Is James and Clarinda Montgomery Replica Cabin 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

Montgomery's fort is the rebuilt — the 'burned cabin' that's the '55 loss, the 'vertical logs' that's the bulletproof answer. The 'immortal fifty' is the led — the 'Jayhawkers' that's the insult worn proud, the 'minister turned' that's the preacher armed. The 'cellar tunnel' is the hid — the 'fugitives below' that's the dark's use, the 'mound escape' that's the last door.

The 'no crevice' is the engineered — the 'augur and pin' that's the joinery's tight, the 'portholes scalloped' that's the firing slits. The 'slept on floor' is the lived — the 'flying bullets' that's the night's risk, the 'fort as home' that's the family raised. Montgomery's is the doubled — the 'house and fort' that's the function merged, the 'replica stands' that's the memory rebuilt.

The file keeps Montgomery: the burned first, the vertical second, the cellar's cargo, and the fifty's name.

Montgomery's cabin is the archive's Kansas file — the home built as a fort.

Why this file matters

Montgomery's cabin is the archive's Kansas file — the Jayhawker's bulletproof homestead.

A cabin keeps its defense — the file's suggestion being that Montgomery's hold is the hardened: the 'vertical logs' that's the bullets stopped, the 'cellar tunnel' that's the escape kept, and the 'immortal fifty' that's the band led.

Two accounts on file

Short Description
On file

NPS-listed historic site associated with the Underground Railroad.

Also reported

The Montgomery cabin—where the conductor’s family lived.

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

Preserve both source-backed variants; no automatic overwrite.

Research Notes
On file

Government-registry discovery record, unique ID 48KS01, source row 762. 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. James and Clarinda Montgomery Replica Cabin's past is on record — the entry belongs to the verified layer the museum itself interprets. The fact is historically verified — the part of the file that doesn't need hedging. 'Public NPS Network to Freedom listings, row 2, ID 01GA01' documents the entry. It anchors the timeline the rest of the file hangs from.

    Verified historyNational Park Service
  • James and Clarinda Montgomery Replica Cabin 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. 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

Field notes & open questions

Government-registry discovery record, unique ID 48KS01, source row 762. 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.

"James and Clarinda Montgomery Replica Cabin." HauntHunt dossier 1171, https://haunthunt.com/place/james-and-clarinda-montgomery-replica-cabin-kansas/ (file amended October 2, 2026).

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