{"id":3588,"slug":"salmon-portland-chase-historical-marker-cincinnati-ohio","story":[{"heading":null,"paragraphs":["The Chase marker is the corner's memory — Third and Main where the antislavery attorney set up, the 'attorney general of fugitive slaves' that he became. The parties were the founding — the Liberty, Free Soil, Republican that he organized, the 'Free Soil, Free Labor, Free Men' that he coined. The office was the start — the 1830 practice, the fugitive defenses that made his name.","The Cabinet was the war — the Treasury that financed the Union, the greenbacks and the banking system. The Court was the end — the Chief Justice who presided over Johnson's impeachment, the highest office that capped the career. The Chase marker is the arc — the fugitive defender who became the money man, the antislavery lawyer who ran the Treasury.","The file keeps the marker: the 1830 office, the party founding, the Treasury, and the Chief Justice seat.","The Chase marker is the archive's Cincinnati file — the fugitive's attorney general."]},{"heading":"Why this file matters","paragraphs":["The Chase marker is the archive's Cincinnati file — the antislavery lawyer's start.","A marker keeps its corner — the file's suggestion being that Chase's hold is the range: the fugitive defenses, the parties he founded, and the Treasury that financed the war."]}],"name":"Salmon Portland Chase Historical Marker","aliases":[],"type":"HISTORIC_SITE","type_label":"Historic Site","cats":["DARK_HISTORY","UNDERGROUND_RAILROAD_HISTORY","AFRICAN_AMERICAN_HISTORY","HISTORIC_SITE","UNDERGROUND_RAILROAD","POLITICAL"],"groups":["dark-history","historic-sites"],"desc":"The senator’s marker—where the anti-slavery politician lived.","full_desc":"Salmon Portland Chase Historical Marker is a historic site in Cincinnati, Ohio, an NPS Network to Freedom. The senator’s marker—where the anti-slavery politician lived. The archive files it under Underground Railroad history, the Underground Railroad and African American history. The dossier holds 3 documented facts — the record is history-forward, no paranormal claims on file. The site is open to visitors.","address":null,"city":"Cincinnati","county":null,"state":"Ohio","postal":null,"region":"Midwest","lat":39.140183,"lon":-84.505829,"coord_kind":"CITY","status":"ACTIVE","access":"PUBLIC","access_notes":null,"ownership":null,"website":null,"phone":null,"year_built":null,"year_opened":null,"year_closed":null,"year_demolished":null,"designation":"NPS Network to Freedom","current_use":"Historic site","research_notes":"UGRR enrichment wave 1; VERIFY task auto-queued.","stage":"SOURCE_RESEARCH","quality":{"level":"MEDIUM","score":67.9,"dims":{"location_confidence":0.75,"identity_confidence":0.85,"historical_confidence":0.8,"source_quality":1,"paranormal_claim_provenance":null,"coordinate_confidence":0,"current_access_confidence":0.7,"freshness":0.65}},"claims":[],"history":[{"description":"NPS includes this site in the National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom. Salmon Portland Chase Historical Marker'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. Sources including 'Public NPS Network to Freedom listings, row 2, ID 01GA01' carry the record. The entry's timeline holds it; the lore holds the rest.","evidence":"HISTORICALLY_VERIFIED","date_start":null,"date_end":null,"confidence":null,"source":{"name":"Public NPS Network to Freedom listings, row 2, ID 01GA01","url":"https://www.nps.gov/common/uploads/sortable_dataset/undergroundrailroad/F0E29766-00A1-12E5-C3D062151C3F7E26/nri-NTFListings6426NOPIItable.csv?t=1784017173223","publisher":"National Park Service","type":"GOVERNMENT","authority":1}},{"description":"Salmon Portland Chase Historical Marker is documented on the National Park Service Network to Freedom for its role in the Underground Railroad. Salmon Portland Chase Historical Marker'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 entry's timeline holds it; the lore holds the rest.","evidence":"HISTORICALLY_VERIFIED","date_start":null,"date_end":null,"confidence":null,"source":{"name":"NPS Network to Freedom listing","url":"https://www.nps.gov/subjects/ugrr/index.htm","publisher":"National Park Service","type":"GOVERNMENT","authority":1}},{"description":"Chase’s residence is documented. Salmon Portland Chase Historical Marker'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. The record appears in 'NPS Network to Freedom listing'. It is the kind of fact the rest of the dossier leans on.","evidence":"HISTORICALLY_VERIFIED","date_start":null,"date_end":null,"confidence":null,"source":{"name":"NPS Network to Freedom listing","url":"https://www.nps.gov/subjects/ugrr/index.htm","publisher":"National Park Service","type":"GOVERNMENT","authority":1}}],"legends":[],"entities":[],"events":[],"investigations":[],"encounters":[],"media":[],"persons":[],"visitor":{"tour_availability":"Verify before visiting","notes":"Historic site; verify hours and access with the managing agency before visiting; check nps.gov for current hours and alerts.","last_verified_at":"2026-09-18 11:32:55","source":{"name":"HauntHunt generic access guidance","url":"https://haunthunt.com/about#access-guidance","publisher":"HauntHunt editorial","type":"DIRECTORY","authority":2}},"sources":[{"name":"Public NPS Network to Freedom listings, row 2, ID 01GA01","url":"https://www.nps.gov/common/uploads/sortable_dataset/undergroundrailroad/F0E29766-00A1-12E5-C3D062151C3F7E26/nri-NTFListings6426NOPIItable.csv?t=1784017173223","publisher":"National Park Service","type":"GOVERNMENT","authority":1},{"name":"NPS Network to Freedom listing","url":"https://www.nps.gov/subjects/ugrr/index.htm","publisher":"National Park Service","type":"GOVERNMENT","authority":1},{"name":"Underground Railroad","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Underground_Railroad","publisher":"Wikipedia","type":"ENCYCLOPEDIA","authority":4}],"conflicts":[],"wiki":null,"counts":{"claims":0,"history":3,"legends":0,"entities":0,"sources":3}}