Rocky Fork
A historic site in Godfrey, Illinois, a National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom listing, Rocky Fork 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. Access is restricted, and the file says so plainly.
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Is Rocky Fork 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
Rocky Fork is the '1816' — the 'four families' that's the free Black settlers, the 'five parcels' that's the adjacent land bought. The 'Priscilla Baltimore' is the Moses — the '300 led' that's the personally guided, the 'Moses of the West' that's the name earned. The 'two miles' is the border — the 'Mississippi' that's the Missouri's slave shore, the 'first relief post' that's the Alton north.
The 'New Bethel' is the church — the 'AME organized' that's the Quinn persuaded, the 'station' that's the Baltimore convinced them. The 'swam' is the crossing — the 'boat owners' that's the sympathetic carried, the 'overland' that's the walked too. Rocky Fork is the self-made — the 'land to clear' that's the abolitionists offered work, the 'stayed' that's the community grew.
The file keeps Rocky Fork: the four families, Baltimore's 300, New Bethel's station, and the two-mile border.
Rocky Fork is the archive's Illinois file — the settlement that was the station.
Why this file matters
Rocky Fork is the archive's Illinois file — a free Black town two miles from slavery.
A settlement keeps its distance — the file's suggestion being that Rocky Fork's hold is the proximate: the 'two miles from Missouri' that's the first landfall, the 'Moses of the West' that's the conductor's home base, and the '1816' that's the before the term existed.
Two accounts on file
NPS-listed historic site associated with the Underground Railroad.
The settlement—where the free Black community stood.
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National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom listing
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Government-registry discovery record, unique ID 09IL01, source row 188. 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. Rocky Fork'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 detail is preserved in 'Public NPS Network to Freedom listings, row 2, ID 01GA01'. The detail belongs to the verified spine of the entry.
Verified historyNational Park ServiceRocky Fork 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. Sources including 'NPS Network to Freedom listing' carry the record. The date is part of the site's documented spine.
Verified historyNational Park ServiceThe settlement is documented. Rocky Fork'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. The detail is preserved in 'NPS Network to Freedom listing'. The detail belongs to the verified spine of the entry.
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 09IL01, source row 188. 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.