Newsome Park
A historic site in Elgin, Illinois, a National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom listing, Newsome Park 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 3 documented facts — a documented spine with no haunting reports attached. The site is open to visitors.
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Is Newsome Park 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
Newsome is the boxcar — the '1862' that's the hundred contrabands arrived, the 'women and children' that's the mostly were. The 'two Newsomes' is the named — the 'unrelated' that's the same plantation's name, the 'park '92' that's the both honored. The 'Settlement' is the grew — the '245 families' that's the 1880 counted, the 'Second Baptist' that's the '66 charter.
The 'Uncle Arthur' is the leader — the 'teamster 5th Minnesota' that's the war service, the 'cent of a dollar' that's the philosophy quoted. The 'Minerva' is the reunited — the 'original contraband' that's the wife met again, the 'fifty years' that's the community led. Newsome is the arrived — the 'boxcar' that's the slavery's exit, the 'tight-knit' that's the built together.
The file keeps Newsome Park: the '62 boxcar, the two namesakes, the Settlement's growth, and Uncle Arthur's cent.
Newsome Park is the archive's Illinois file — the contraband train's end.
Why this file matters
Newsome Park is the archive's Illinois file — the boxcar that delivered a community.
A park keeps its arrival — the file's suggestion being that Newsome's hold is the collective: the 'hundred contrabands' that's the arrived together, the 'two Newsomes' that's the unrelated but same-named, and the 'fifty years' that's the Uncle Arthur led.
Two accounts on file
NPS-listed historic site associated with the Underground Railroad.
The park—where the town’s freedom history is marked.
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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 32IL01, source row 550. 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. A documented site gives the file real substance; this entry is part of that record. The record holds it as fact — documented, not retold. Sources including 'Public NPS Network to Freedom listings, row 2, ID 01GA01' carry the record. The detail belongs to the verified spine of the entry.
Verified historyNational Park ServiceNewsome Park 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. The record holds it as fact — documented, not retold. The record appears in 'NPS Network to Freedom listing'. It is the kind of fact the rest of the dossier leans on.
Verified historyNational Park ServiceThe park’s history is documented. The site's documented history is the record the rest of the file stands on. The record holds it as fact — documented, not retold. 'NPS Network to Freedom listing' documents the entry. Documented ground is what separates this file from pure legend — this is part of it.
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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 32IL01, source row 550. 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.