John "Jack" Howe Burial Site at Bedford City Cemetery
A historic site in Bedford, Iowa, a National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom listing, John "Jack" Howe Burial Site at Bedford City Cemetery is filed here for what the record attaches to it. NPS-listed historic site associated with the Underground Railroad. HauntHunt files it with dark history, Underground Railroad history and the Underground Railroad. The dossier holds 3 documented facts — a documented spine with no haunting reports attached. The site is open to visitors.
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Is John "Jack" Howe Burial Site at Bedford City 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
Howe is the wartime — the 'Confederates came' that's the to move the slaves south, the 'barn detail' that's the turned into flight. The 'Vicksburg' is the served — the 'Grant's campaign' that's the cherished memory, the 'Iowa line' that's the crossed to enlist. The 'never learned' is the listened — the 'armchair' that's the town hall readings, the 'tariff schedules' that's the followed each bill.
The 'Savannah' is the born — the 'Missouri' that's the Jack Davis owned, the 'truck garden' that's the Bedford's living. The '1915' is the died — the 'white church' that's the filled to doors, the 'GAR encampment' that's the recalled him. Howe is the citizen — the 'couldn't read' that's the knew more than readers, the 'President's message' that's the followed like novels.
The file keeps Howe: the barn escape, Vicksburg service, the town-hall chair, and the full church.
Jack Howe is the archive's Iowa file — the illiterate statesman.
Why this file matters
Jack Howe's grave is the archive's Iowa file — the mind that read by ear.
A grave keeps its chair — the file's suggestion being that Howe's hold is the listened: the 'never learned letters' that's the mastered policy anyway, the 'Vicksburg' that's the earned the blue, and the 'filled church' that's the town's tribute.
Two accounts on file
HISTORIC_SITE
CEMETERY
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NPS-listed historic site associated with the Underground Railroad.
The conductor’s grave—where Howe 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 32IA01, source row 548. 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. The site's documented history is the record the rest of the file stands on. 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 ServiceJohn "Jack" Howe Burial Site at Bedford City Cemetery 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. 'NPS Network to Freedom listing' documents the entry. It is the kind of fact the rest of the dossier leans on.
Verified historyNational Park ServiceHowe’s work is documented. A documented site gives the file real substance; this entry is part of that record. The record holds it as fact — documented, not retold. 'NPS Network to Freedom listing' documents the entry. The detail belongs to the verified spine of the entry. It remains the site's standing claim.
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 32IA01, source row 548. 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.