GDG- Underground Railroad Locations
jack
jlawrence at kc.rr.com
Mon Jun 4 18:08:09 CDT 2007
Thanks Walter. I liked the man when I first herad about him.
I remember seeing the marker outside of his house, but it struck me as so
vague and PC you don't get the flavor of the man. IIRC, it is a local
marker, not a NPS marker.
Like the ESSO marker, posssibly the cheesiest marker in the history of
markers :>).
Regards,
Jack
----- Original Message -----
From: <waltermolly at earthlink.net>
To: "GDG" <gettysburg at arthes.com>
Sent: Monday, June 04, 2007 6:00 PM
Subject: Re: GDG- Underground Railroad Locations
> Esteemed GDG Member Contributes:
>
>
> Jack,
>
> He was incredibly popular - know as the unofficial 'president' of the
> college. His son, Jack jr., served in the USCT and is buried in Lincoln
> Cemetery in GBG. The house he lived in on Washington Street was purchased
> from Abraham Brian, he of the Brian house on Cemetery Ridge.
>
> Walter
>
>
>> [Original Message]
>> From: <jlawrence at kc.rr.com>
>> To: GDG <gettysburg at arthes.com>
>> Date: 6/4/2007 4:44:58 PM
>> Subject: Re: GDG- Underground Railroad Locations
>>
>> Esteemed GDG Member Contributes:
>>
>>
>> thanks walter.
>>
>> this is why I don't like to cite sources-i can't remember.
>>
>> I have heard that when he retired, the party spilled into the street
>> and they danced around the block. must have been a heck of a guy.
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>> Jack
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: Molly and Walter Wells <waltermolly at earthlink.net>
>> Date: Monday, June 4, 2007 2:54 pm
>> Subject: Re: GDG- Underground Railroad Locations
>> To: GDG <gettysburg at arthes.com>
>>
>> > Esteemed GDG Member Contributes:
>> >
>> >
>> > 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
>> > >
>> > >Esteemed GDG Member Contributes:
>> > >
>> > >
>> > >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
>> > >> ----------------------------------------------
>> > --
>> > >> ----------------
>> > >> You may unsubscribe by going to
>> > >> http://mailman.arthes.com/mailman/listinfo/gettysburg
>> > >> You can add yourself to the GDG map at:
>> > >> http://www.frappr.com/gettysburgdiscussiongroup
>> > >> View archived posts from May 2004 - present at
>> > >> http://mailman.arthes.com/pipermail/gettysburg/
>> > >> ----------------------------------------------
>> > --
>> > >> ----------------
>> > >> You may unsubscribe by going to
>> > >> http://mailman.arthes.com/mailman/listinfo/gettysburg
>> > >> You can add yourself to the GDG map at:
>> > >> http://www.frappr.com/gettysburgdiscussiongroup
>> > >> View archived posts from May 2004 - present at
>> > >> http://mailman.arthes.com/pipermail/gettysburg/
>> > > -----------------------------------------------
>> > -----------------
>> > >You may unsubscribe by going to
>> > http://mailman.arthes.com/mailman/listinfo/gettysburg>
>> > >You can add yourself to the GDG map at:
>> > http://www.frappr.com/gettysburgdiscussiongroup>
>> > >View archived posts from May 2004 - present at
>> > http://mailman.arthes.com/pipermail/gettysburg/
>> > ------------------------------------------------
>> > ----------------
>> > You may unsubscribe by going to
>> > http://mailman.arthes.com/mailman/listinfo/gettysburg
>> > You can add yourself to the GDG map at:
>> > http://www.frappr.com/gettysburgdiscussiongroup
>> > View archived posts from May 2004 - present at
>> > http://mailman.arthes.com/pipermail/gettysburg/
>>
> ----------------------------------------------------------------
>> You may unsubscribe by going to
> http://mailman.arthes.com/mailman/listinfo/gettysburg
>>
>> You can add yourself to the GDG map at:
> http://www.frappr.com/gettysburgdiscussiongroup
>>
>> View archived posts from May 2004 - present at
> http://mailman.arthes.com/pipermail/gettysburg/
>
>
> ----------------------------------------------------------------
> You may unsubscribe by going to
> http://mailman.arthes.com/mailman/listinfo/gettysburg
>
> You can add yourself to the GDG map at:
> http://www.frappr.com/gettysburgdiscussiongroup
>
> View archived posts from May 2004 - present at
> http://mailman.arthes.com/pipermail/gettysburg/
>
More information about the Gettysburg
mailing list