ORANGE STREET LANDING
Historic Site — Dept. of Community Srvs., Wilmington, New Hanover County, North Carolina
Status: Operating · Access: Open to public
Dossier: https://haunthunt.com/place/orange-street-landing-north-carolina/

NPS-listed historic site associated with the Underground Railroad.

Orange Street Landing is a historic site in Wilmington, North Carolina, a National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom listing. 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 — the record is history-forward, no paranormal claims on file. The site is open to visitors.

Orange Street is the rowed — the '22 men' that's the '62 fled, the 'three boats' that's the stolen fleet. The 'fever timed' is the bet — the 'yellow fever' that's the Wilmington emptied, the 'safer now' that's the Gould's read. The '28 miles' is the run — the 'Fort Caswell passed' that's the guns slipped, the 'Cambridge waiting' that's the blockade met.
The 'diary kept' is the rare — the 'only known' that's the Black sailor's record, the 'Gould wrote' that's the escape documented. The 'Navy joined' is the served — the 'freedmen enlisted' that's the 22 uniformed, the 'war joined' that's the fight chose. Orange Street is the night — the 'rainy Sunday' that's the darkness used, the 'docks' that's the maritime UGRR.
The file keeps Orange Street: the 22 rowers, the fever's cover, Fort Caswell slipped, and the diary's record.
Orange Street Landing is the archive's North Carolina file — the night 22 men rowed past the fort.

WHY THIS FILE MATTERS
Orange Street is the archive's North Carolina file — the documented mass escape by water.
A landing keeps its night — the file's suggestion being that Orange Street's hold is the timed: the 'fever emptied' that's the opportunity read, the '28 miles rowed' that's the gauntlet run, and the 'diary kept' that's the voice preserved.

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 fact is historically verified — the part of the file that doesn't need hedging. The record appears in 'Public NPS Network to Freedom listings, row 2, ID 01GA01'. It's the sort of fact that gives the haunting reports their context.
· Orange Street Landing is documented on the National Park Service Network to Freedom for its role in the Underground Railroad. Orange Street Landing's past is on record — the entry belongs to the verified layer the museum itself interprets. The record holds it as fact — documented, not retold. Sources including 'NPS Network to Freedom listing' carry the record. The detail belongs to the verified spine of the entry.

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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