WILLIAM SALTER HOUSE
Historic Site — 111 South 8th Street, Burlington, Des Moines County, Iowa
Status: Operating · Access: Restricted access
Dossier: https://haunthunt.com/place/william-salter-house-iowa/

NPS-listed historic site associated with the Underground Railroad.

William Salter House is a historic site in Burlington, Iowa, 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. Access is restricted — check current rules before planning anything.

Salter House is the beneath — the 'hidden room' that's the under the church, the 'South Hill home' that's the sanctuary doubled. The 'Iowa Band' is the sent — the 'Andover graduates' that's the frontier missionaries, the '1846' that's the Burlington called. The 'Catfish Bend' is the found — the 'jerrybuilt landing' that's the rough river town, the 'thugs and floosies' that's the congregants described.
The '64 years' is the stayed — the 'single pastorate' that's the century nearly, the 'historian' that's the Iowa's chronicler. The '1859' is the urged — the 'immediate emancipation' that's the pulpit preached, the 'Christian Commission' that's the Atlanta visited. Salter is the layered — the 'minister, historian, stationmaster' that's the roles combined, the 'room beneath' that's the church's secret.
The file keeps Salter: the church's hiding room, the 64-year pulpit, the Catfish Bend, and the Iowa Band.
Salter House is the archive's Iowa file — the minister's hidden congregation.

WHY THIS FILE MATTERS
Salter House is the archive's Iowa file — the church with a hidden congregation.
A house keeps its basement — the file's suggestion being that Salter's hold is the doubled: the 'room beneath the church' that's the sanctuary shared, the 'Catfish Bend' that's the frontier tamed, and the '64 years' that's the longest pastorate.

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. It's verified history: the dossier's load-bearing detail. The detail is preserved in 'Public NPS Network to Freedom listings, row 2, ID 01GA01'. It's the sort of fact that gives the haunting reports their context.
· William Salter House is documented on the National Park Service Network to Freedom for its role in the Underground Railroad. 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 'NPS Network to Freedom listing'. The entry's timeline holds it; the lore holds the rest.
· The house’s UGRR role is documented. William Salter House'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'. It is the kind of fact the rest of the dossier leans on.

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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