GDG- Underground Railroad Locations

[Molly and Walter Wells]

Jack Hopkins was the college's janitor.

-----Original Message-----
>From: jlawrence at kc.rr.com
>Sent: Jun 4, 2007 2:51 PM
>To: GDG <gettysburg at arthes.com>
>Subject: Re: GDG- Underground Railroad Locations
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>Esteemed GDG Member Contributes:
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>
>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>
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>> Esteemed GDG Member Contributes:
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>> 
>> 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:
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>> 
>> 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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