WILLIAM WALLACE MERRITT, SR. BURIAL SITE AT EVERGREEN CEMETERY
Historic Site — 1900 North 8th Street, Red Oak, Montgomery County, Iowa
Status: Operating · Access: Open to public
Dossier: https://haunthunt.com/place/william-wallace-merritt-sr-burial-site-at-evergreen-cemetery-iowa/

NPS-listed historic site associated with the Underground Railroad.

William Wallace Merritt, Sr. Burial Site at Evergreen Cemetery is a historic site in Red Oak, Iowa, a National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom listing. NPS-listed historic site associated with the Underground Railroad. The archive files it under 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. The site is open to visitors.

Merritt's grave is the captain — the 'Montgomery County leader' that's the southwest Iowa, the 'Evergreen' that's the Red Oak's rest. The 'few feet' is the doubled — the 'son Darwin' that's the USS Maine's crew, the 'headstone from the ship' that's the hull's piece. The 'two wars' is the spanned — the 'father's freedom' that's the secret fought, the 'son's explosion' that's the Havana sunk.
The 'Red Oak' is the corner — the 'southwest Iowa' that's the Missouri border, the 'Network listed' that's the burial recognized. The 'Maine piece' is the brought — the 'post office cornerstone' that's the other fragment, the 'recovered body' that's the years later. Merritt is the paired — the 'captain and sailor' that's the father-son graves, the 'two causes' that's the freed and the fallen.
The file keeps Merritt: the county captain, the Maine son, the hull's headstone, and the paired graves.
Merritt's burial is the archive's Iowa file — the conductor and the Maine sailor.

WHY THIS FILE MATTERS
Merritt's grave is the archive's Iowa file — the captain buried beside his Maine sailor.
A grave keeps its pair — the file's suggestion being that Merritt's hold is the generational: the 'few feet away' that's the son beside, the 'ship's stone' that's the Maine's fragment, and the 'two wars' that's the freedom's arc.

HISTORY — 3 documented facts
· NPS includes this site in the National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom. William Wallace Merritt, Sr. Burial Site at Evergreen Cemetery's past is on record — the entry belongs to the verified layer the museum itself interprets. 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 anchors the timeline the rest of the file hangs from.
· William Wallace Merritt, Sr. Burial Site at Evergreen Cemetery 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. The record holds it as fact — documented, not retold. The detail is preserved in 'NPS Network to Freedom listing'. The date is part of the site's documented spine.
· Merritt’s work is documented. William Wallace Merritt, Sr. Burial Site at Evergreen Cemetery'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. Sources including 'NPS Network to Freedom listing' carry the record. It anchors the timeline the rest of the file hangs from.

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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