William Salter House
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.
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Is William Salter 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
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.
Two accounts on file
NPS-listed historic site associated with the Underground Railroad.
The Salter 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 30IA03, source row 538. 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. 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.
Verified historyNational Park ServiceWilliam 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.
Verified historyNational Park ServiceThe 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.
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 30IA03, source row 538. 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.