WINTERSET CEMETERY
Historic Site — 502 S 4th Street, Winterset, Madison County, Iowa
Status: Operating · Access: Open to public
Dossier: https://haunthunt.com/place/winterset-cemetery-iowa/

NPS-listed historic site associated with the Underground Railroad.

Winterset Cemetery is a historic site in Winterset, 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. The site is open to visitors.

Winterset Cemetery is the twenty — the 'UGRR operatives' that's the buried counted, the 'Charles Moore' that's the freedom seeker among them. The 'Big Crib' is the hid — the 'never gathered corn' that's the wagons packed, the 'Presiding Genius' that's the newspaper named. The '90 residents' is the county — the '1857-62' that's the active years, the 'most towns avoided' that's the rural's way.
The 'McGees' is the near — the 'took refuge' that's the Moore sheltered, the 'buried beside' that's the neighbors rest. The 'Rock City' is the first — the 'limestone ridge' that's the cemetery's origin, the '1850' that's the pioneer platted. Winterset is the mapped — the 'walking tour' that's the 20 graves marked, the 'sheriff misdirected' that's the Chase's detour.
The file keeps Winterset: the twenty buried, the corn-packed wagons, Moore's rest, and the walking tour.
Winterset Cemetery is the archive's Iowa file — where conductors and the conducted rest together.

WHY THIS FILE MATTERS
Winterset Cemetery is the archive's Iowa file — the seeker buried beside his shelterers.
A cemetery keeps its pairs — the file's suggestion being that Winterset's hold is the together: the 'Moore near McGees' that's the refuge continued, the 'corn wagons' that's the cargo disguised, and the 'sheriff's detour' that's the misdirection remembered.

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. This belongs to the verified spine of the entry, the layer everything else is measured against. The detail is preserved in 'Public NPS Network to Freedom listings, row 2, ID 01GA01'. The entry's timeline holds it; the lore holds the rest.
· Winterset Cemetery 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. It's verified history: the dossier's load-bearing detail. Sources including 'NPS Network to Freedom listing' carry the record. Documented ground is what separates this file from pure legend — this is part of it.
· The cemetery is documented. A documented site gives the file real substance; this entry is part of that record. The record holds it as fact — documented, not retold. The detail is preserved in 'NPS Network to Freedom listing'. The entry's timeline holds it; the lore holds the rest. It remains the site's standing claim.

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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