Underground Railroad/Abolition Boats Provide an Escape to Freedom in Erie County Historic Marker
A historic site in Sandusky, Ohio, an NPS Network to Freedom, Underground Railroad/Abolition Boats Provide an Escape to Freedom in Erie County Historic Marker is filed here for what the record attaches to it. The abolition boats—where the lake carried the fugitives to Canada. HauntHunt files it with Underground Railroad history, the Underground Railroad and African American history. The dossier holds 3 documented facts — a documented spine with no haunting reports attached. The site is open to visitors.
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Is Underground Railroad/Abolition Boats Provide an Escape to Freedom in Erie County Historic Marker 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
The marker is the fleet's memory — the 'abolition boats' that ran to Canada, the Walk-in-the-Water and the Morning Star that carried the fugitives. The captains were the allies — Shepherd and McGee and Swiegel, the names that the marker lists. The bay was the route — the Sandusky mouth that led to the islands, the Lake Erie crossing that was the last leg.
The work was the passage — the shipyard jobs that paid the fare, the waterfront mile where the runaways earned. The winter was the risk — the sled across the ice to the islands, the cold that was the cheaper crossing. The marker is the waterfront's — the boats that were the railroad, the captains who were the conductors.
The file keeps the marker: the abolition boats, the captains, the Sandusky route, and the Canada crossing.
The marker is the archive's Sandusky file — the fleet that was the railroad.
Why this file matters
The marker is the archive's Sandusky file — the abolition boats' harbor.
A marker keeps its fleet — the file's suggestion being that the boats' hold is the naming: the vessels that carried the fugitives, the captains who risked it, and the bay that was the last leg.
Documented history
NPS includes this site in the National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom. Underground Railroad/Abolition Boats Provide an Escape to Freedom in Erie County Historic 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 'Public NPS Network to Freedom listings, row 2, ID 01GA01'. Documented ground is what separates this file from pure legend — this is part of it.
Verified historyNational Park ServiceUnderground Railroad/Abolition Boats Provide an Escape to Freedom in Erie County Historic Marker is documented on the National Park Service Network to Freedom for its role in the Underground Railroad. Underground Railroad/Abolition Boats Provide an Escape to Freedom in Erie County Historic Marker'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 record appears in 'NPS Network to Freedom listing'. The date is part of the site's documented spine.
Verified historyNational Park ServiceThe boat routes are 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'. It is the kind of fact the rest of the dossier leans on. It remains the site's standing claim.
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
UGRR enrichment wave 1; VERIFY task auto-queued.