Tibbets House
Tibbets House is a historic site in Sunman, Indiana, a National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom listing. 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 — the record is history-forward, no paranormal claims on file. Access is restricted — check current rules before planning anything.
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Is Tibbets House 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
Tibbets House is the letter — the '1896' that's the memoir written, the 'nine o'clock wagon' that's the routes detailed. The 'sixteen' is the started — the '1838' that's the first fugitive escorted, the 'Coombs' that's the cousin's help. The 'Sarah' is the partner — the 'Nelson's daughter' that's the founding family married, the 'accompanied' that's the rode along.
The 'cargo of seven' is the moved — the 'Carter's call' that's the Madison's Black grocer, the 'Crooked Creek' that's the pilot's route. The 'Eleutherian' is the founded — the 'trustee' that's the college served, the 'Neil's Creek' that's the society born in a kitchen. Tibbets is the documented — the 'his own words' that's the Siebert's source, the 'many adventures' that's the Indiana continued.
The file keeps Tibbets: the letter's routes, the seven by wagon, the college trustee, and the marriage's partnership.
The Tibbets House is the archive's Indiana file — the conductor who wrote it down.
Why this file matters
The Tibbets House is the archive's Indiana file — the conductor who left a memoir.
A house keeps its letter — the file's suggestion being that Tibbets's hold is the written: the 'nine o'clock' that's the night runs timed, the 'wife alongside' that's the risk shared, and the 'Eleutherian' that's the freedom institutionalized.
Two accounts on file
NPS-listed historic site associated with the Underground Railroad.
The Tibbets house—the family’s station.
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National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom listing
NPS Network to Freedom
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Government-registry discovery record, unique ID 08IN03, source row 174. 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. 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. The record appears in 'Public NPS Network to Freedom listings, row 2, ID 01GA01'. It's the sort of fact that gives the haunting reports their context.
Verified historyNational Park ServiceTibbets House 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. It's verified history: the dossier's load-bearing detail. Sources including 'NPS Network to Freedom listing' carry the record. The entry's timeline holds it; the lore holds the rest.
Verified historyNational Park ServiceThe house’s UGRR role is documented. The site's documented history is the record the rest of the file stands on. The record holds it as fact — documented, not retold. The detail is preserved in 'NPS Network to Freedom listing'. The record keeps it — history, not lore. The reports keep the address on the map.
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 08IN03, source row 174. 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.