SPEED CABIN HISTORICAL MARKER
Historic Site — 310 North Grant Street, Madison, Montogomery County, Indiana
Status: Operating · Access: Open to public
Dossier: https://haunthunt.com/place/speed-cabin-historical-marker-indiana/

NPS-listed historic site associated with the Underground Railroad.

Speed Cabin Historical Marker is a historic site in Madison, Indiana, a National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom listing. NPS-listed historic site associated with the Underground Railroad. HauntHunt files it with dark history, Underground Railroad history and the Underground Railroad. The dossier holds 3 documented facts — the record is history-forward, no paranormal claims on file. The site is open to visitors.

Speed Cabin marker is the reputed — the 'reputed' that's the honest qualifier, the '1834' that's the Scot built it. The 'Capitol steps' is the cut — the 'stone cutter' that's the DC worked, the 'White House' that's the east steps too. The 'Bethel AME' is the adjacent — the 'urged them buy' that's the next lot, the 'basement hid' that's the church's own station.
The 'moved twice' is the preserved — the 'numbered pieces' that's the '30s dismantled, the 'Lane Place' that's the '90 reconstructed. The 'mayor' is the later — the '1868-69' that's the Crawfordsville led, the 'Sidney's letter' that's the Siebert's source. The marker is the original site — the 'Grant Street' that's the where it stood, the 'cabin gone' that's the memory stays.
The file keeps the marker: the reputed station, the Capitol stonecutter, the AME neighbors, and the moved cabin.
The Speed marker is the archive's Indiana file — the honest 'reputed'.

WHY THIS FILE MATTERS
The Speed Cabin marker is the archive's Indiana file — the rare marker that admits uncertainty.
A marker keeps its hedge — the file's suggestion being that Speed's hold is the qualified: the 'reputed' that's the honest history, the 'daughter's letter' that's the Siebert's evidence, and the 'Capitol steps' that's the hands that cut them.

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. The fact is historically verified — the part of the file that doesn't need hedging. The detail is preserved in 'Public NPS Network to Freedom listings, row 2, ID 01GA01'. The date is part of the site's documented spine.
· Speed Cabin Historical Marker is documented on the National Park Service Network to Freedom for its role in the Underground Railroad. Speed Cabin 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 record appears in 'NPS Network to Freedom listing'. Documented ground is what separates this file from pure legend — this is part of it.
· The marker is documented. 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. 'NPS Network to Freedom listing' documents the entry. It's the sort of fact that gives the haunting reports their context.

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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