PILGRIM BAPTIST CHURCH
Historic Site — 732 West Central Avenue, St. Paul, Minnesota
Status: Operating · Access: Open to public
Dossier: https://haunthunt.com/place/pilgrim-baptist-church-minnesota/

NPS-listed historic site associated with the Underground Railroad.

A historic site in St. Paul, Minnesota, a National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom listing, Pilgrim Baptist Church 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 2 documented facts — a documented spine with no haunting reports attached. The site is open to visitors.

Pilgrim is the arrived — the 'Northerner' that's the steamboat carried, the 'May 6 '63' that's the Fort Snelling landing. The 'Pilgrims named' is the chose — the 'not knowing where' that's the destination unknown, the 'called themselves' that's the identity made. The 'Hickman preached' is the led — the 'master taught reading' that's the rare gift, the 'Boone County' that's the Missouri fled.
The '125 arrived' is the counted — the 'charter members' that's the families named, the 'split three ways' that's the city divided them. The 'first in Minnesota' is the marked — the 'NTF '21' that's the state's first, the 'Pearson-Hill' that's the genealogist's proof. Pilgrim is the founded — the 'escaped built' that's the church's making, the 'still worships' that's the descendants kept.
The file keeps Pilgrim: the Northerner's cargo, the chosen name, the three-way split, and Minnesota's first.
Pilgrim Baptist is the archive's Minnesota file — the church the fugitives founded.

WHY THIS FILE MATTERS
Pilgrim Baptist is the archive's Minnesota file — the congregation founded mid-escape.
A church keeps its pilgrims — the file's suggestion being that Pilgrim's hold is the arrived: the 'steamboat north' that's the river's lift, the 'named themselves' that's the unknown embraced, and the 'first NTF' that's the state's mark.

HISTORY — 2 documented facts
· NPS includes this site in the National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom. Pilgrim Baptist Church'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.
· Pilgrim Baptist Church 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. Sources including 'NPS Network to Freedom listing' carry the record. The record keeps it — history, not lore.

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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