TON FARM SITE
Historic Site — 557 E. 134th Place, Downers Grove, Cook County, Illinois
Status: Operating · Access: Open to public
Dossier: https://haunthunt.com/place/ton-farm-site-illinois/

NPS-listed historic site associated with the Underground Railroad.

A historic site in Downers Grove, Illinois, a National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom listing, Ton Farm Site 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. The site is open to visitors.

Ton Farm is the Dutch — the '1849' that's the immigrants arrived, the 'open secret' that's the settlement knew. The 'Dolton bridge' is the crossing — the 'Little Calumet' that's the river forded, the 'Detroit-Chicago Road' that's the route they walked. The 'marina' is the now — the 'Black-owned' that's the Chicago's only, the 'finest' that's the site's inheritance.
The 'Kuyper' is the neighbor — the 'often with' that's the stations paired, the 'hundreds' that's the sheltered and fed. The '1930s' is the torn — the 'farm buildings' that's the demolished decades, the 'dig' that's the archaeology searching. Ton Farm is the layered — the 'Indigenous removed' that's the '35 first, the 'Dutch replaced' that's the freedom's helpers.
The file keeps Ton Farm: the Dutch station, the bridge crossing, the marina's ownership, and the dig begun.
Ton Farm is the archive's Illinois file — the immigrants who sheltered the escaping.

WHY THIS FILE MATTERS
Ton Farm is the archive's Illinois file — the Dutch farmers on the freedom road.
A farm keeps its crossing — the file's suggestion being that Ton's hold is the relayed: the 'bridge west' that's the Detroit bound, the 'open secret' that's the community's complicity, and the 'Black marina' that's the land's return.

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 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.
· Ton Farm Site 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. 'NPS Network to Freedom listing' documents the entry. The detail belongs to the verified spine of the entry.
· The farm’s UGRR role is documented. The site's documented history is the record the rest of the file stands on. 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'. The detail belongs to the verified spine of the entry.

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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