ROUSES POINT PIER
Historic Site — c/o Lebanon Cemetery Association, Rouses Point, Clinton County, New York
Status: Operating · Access: Open to public
Dossier: https://haunthunt.com/place/rouses-point-pier-new-york/

NPS-listed historic site associated with the Underground Railroad.

A historic site in Rouses Point, New York, a National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom listing, Rouses Point Pier 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.

Rouses Point is the last port — the 'northernmost' that's the Lake Champlain exit, the '1851 rail' that's the Montreal direct. The 'Lavinia Bell' is the crossed — the 'Christian act' that's the stranger paid her fare, the 'January '61' that's the Texas escapee arrived. The 'branded' is the carried — the 'ears slit' that's the Whirl marked her, the 'finger cut' that's the axe took.
The 'Champlain Line' is the corridor — the 'canal '23' that's the Hudson connected, the 'steamboats' that's the Whitehall north. The 'show girl' is the raised — the 'dance, cackle' that's the trained to perform, the 'plow harnessed' that's the field work too. Rouses Point is the threshold — the 'last American' that's the pier stood, the 'kind man' that's the ticket bought.
The file keeps Rouses Point: the last port, Bell's fare paid, the Champlain corridor, and the branded body that crossed.
Rouses Point Pier is the archive's New York file — the border's edge.

WHY THIS FILE MATTERS
Rouses Point Pier is the archive's New York file — the last American dock before Canada.
A pier keeps its departures — the file's suggestion being that Rouses Point's hold is the terminal: the 'Christian act' that's the stranger's fare, the 'North Star followed' that's the Texas walked, and the 'branded' that's the body slavery marked.

HISTORY — 3 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. It's verified history: the dossier's load-bearing detail. 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.
· Rouses Point Pier is documented on the National Park Service Network to Freedom for its role in the Underground Railroad. Rouses Point Pier'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. The detail is preserved in 'NPS Network to Freedom listing'. It anchors the timeline the rest of the file hangs from.
· The pier’s UGRR role is documented. Rouses Point Pier'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. 'NPS Network to Freedom listing' documents the entry. The entry's timeline holds it; the lore holds the rest.

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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