Josiah B. Grinnell Burial Site at Hazelwood Cemetery
A historic site in Grinnell, Iowa, a National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom listing, Josiah B. Grinnell Burial Site at Hazelwood Cemetery 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 3 documented facts — a documented spine with no haunting reports attached. The site is open to visitors.
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Is Josiah B. Grinnell Burial Site at Hazelwood 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
Grinnell is the founder — the 'minister, lawyer, banker' that's the résumé stacked, the 'named the town' that's the after himself. The '1859' is the knock — the 'John Brown' that's the winter night door, the '12 freedom seekers' that's the distributed to homes. The 'thirty-seven' is the count — the 'documented' that's the '54-60 passed through, the 'first riot' that's the school integration sparked.
The '13th Amendment' is the signed — the 'Congress' that's the '63-67 served, the 'Meskwaki' that's the championed their land rights. The 'liquor clause' is the deed — the 'revert' that's the land sold condition, the 'church constitution' that's the slavery barred. Grinnell is the built — the 'town and college' that's the both his name, the 'grave marker' that's the Network sign now.
The file keeps Grinnell: the winter knock, the 37 documented, the amendment signature, and the Hazelwood marker.
J.B. Grinnell's grave is the archive's Iowa file — the founder's station.
Why this file matters
J.B. Grinnell's grave is the archive's Iowa file — the town built as station.
A grave keeps its founder — the file's suggestion being that Grinnell's hold is the municipal: the 'chose Iowa' that's the for its free soil, the '37 cases' that's the documented flow, and the 'Brown's knock' that's the winter night's test.
Two accounts on file
HISTORIC_SITE
CEMETERY
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NPS-listed historic site associated with the Underground Railroad.
The founder’s grave—where "go west" Grinnell 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 24IA01, source row 440. 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. Josiah B. Grinnell Burial Site at Hazelwood Cemetery's past is on record — the entry belongs to the verified layer the museum itself interprets. This belongs to the verified spine of the entry, the layer everything else is measured against. Sources including 'Public NPS Network to Freedom listings, row 2, ID 01GA01' carry the record. Documented ground is what separates this file from pure legend — this is part of it.
Verified historyNational Park ServiceJosiah B. Grinnell Burial Site at Hazelwood 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. It's verified history: the dossier's load-bearing detail. Sources including 'NPS Network to Freedom listing' carry the record. It is the kind of fact the rest of the dossier leans on.
Verified historyNational Park ServiceGrinnell’s work is documented. Josiah B. Grinnell Burial Site at Hazelwood Cemetery's past is on record — the entry belongs to the verified layer the museum itself interprets. It's verified history: the dossier's load-bearing detail. The record appears in 'NPS Network to Freedom listing'. The date is part of the site's documented spine.
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 24IA01, source row 440. 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.