W. W. Harwood Farm
A historic site in Schoolcraft, Michigan, a National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom listing, W. W. Harwood Farm 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. Access is restricted, and the file says so plainly.
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Is W. W. Harwood Farm 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
Harwood Farm is the founder — the 'Ypsilanti's co-founder' that's the town's father, the 'first grist mill' that's the '24 built. The 'Sauk Trail' is the road — the 'Michigan Avenue' that's the Detroit-Chicago turnpike, the 'wagon route' that's the freedom's path. The 'basement compartment' is the claimed — the 'shallow space' that's the family remembers, the 'ledgers' that's the network proved.
The 'cemetery' is the integrated — the 'white and Black' that's the uncommon shared, the 'Aray' that's the neighbor's grave within sight. The '28' is the aided — the 'Kentucky escape' that's the famous group, the 'Aray sheltered' that's the friends' work. Harwood is the continuous — the 'still Harwood' that's the family owns, the '1834 log cabin' that's the first home.
The file keeps Harwood: the founder's farm, the Sauk Trail, the basement's claim, and the integrated graves.
Harwood Farm is the archive's Michigan file — the town founder who hid them.
Why this file matters
Harwood Farm is the archive's Michigan file — the founder's house on the freedom road.
A farm keeps its graves — the file's suggestion being that Harwood's hold is the shared: the 'white and Black' that's the cemetery integrated, the 'basement shallow' that's the hiding remembered, and the 'Sauk Trail' that's the road still Michigan Avenue.
Two accounts on file
NPS-listed historic site associated with the Underground Railroad.
The Harwood farm—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 10MI01, source row 219. 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.
UGRR enrichment wave 3; VERIFY task auto-queued.
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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. Sources including 'Public NPS Network to Freedom listings, row 2, ID 01GA01' carry the record. The detail belongs to the verified spine of the entry.
Verified historyNational Park ServiceW. W. Harwood Farm is documented on the National Park Service Network to Freedom for its role in the Underground Railroad. W. W. Harwood Farm'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'. It's the sort of fact that gives the haunting reports their context.
Verified historyNational Park ServiceThe 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. 'NPS Network to Freedom listing' documents the entry. The record keeps it — history, not lore. 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
Government-registry discovery record, unique ID 10MI01, source row 219. 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.