GDG- Underground Railroad Locations

[jlawrence at kc.rr.com]

There is a place up on Culp's hill that has been referred to as a "man 
made cave".

You can see it from the tower up there when the undergrowth is gone.

There was a group at the college that was called the "black ducks" 
that was supposed to be active in moving slaves.

The janitor at the college was supposed to be active in the movement.  
Jack something (there is a marker outside his house).

Finally, I have seen the Dobbin's house listed on at least one list as 
being a stoip for escaped slaves.

The Dobbins family did own slaves, but no longer owned Dobbins when 
the railroad was at its Zenith. Send me a private E-Mail and I'll get 
you some references.

My take on this is that the underground RR was not a railroad with 
stops. It was a network of people who, occaisionally or often, helped 
move slaves from the south to safe havens in the North.

Gettysburg was more of a place they were routed through and any so 
called "stops" were more like temporary respites. I imagine, using 
that definition, there were many such places in the area.

If you are looking for places of refuge, Yellow Hill and Quaker valley 
would be a good guess, I believe.

Regards,

Jack

----- Original Message -----
From: Margaret Rock <mrock at embarqmail.com>
Date: Monday, June 4, 2007 1:14 pm
Subject: Re: GDG- Underground Railroad Locations
To: GDG <gettysburg at arthes.com>

> Esteemed GDG Member Contributes:
> 
> 
> This is not a topic I am very familiar with but I believe 
> McAllister's Mill
> was a stop.
> Regards,
> Peggy
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "The Mills" <chbmills at embarqmail.com>
> To: gettysburg at gdg.org
> Sent: Monday, June 4, 2007 1:50:23 PM (GMT-0500) America/New_York
> Subject: GDG- Underground Railroad Locations
> 
> Esteemed GDG Member Contributes:
> 
> 
> Hello All:
> 
> I was curious, how many underground railroad locations were there 
> in Gettysburg and how many still remain?  I heard that the one at 
> the Dobbin House is questionable at best.  Can anyone provide a 
> list of locations that were locations on the historical railroad, 
> ones that still exists today, and ones that are are questionable 
> as possible locations?  I hope this isn't asking for too much.
> 
> Thanks
> Andy
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