GDG- Underground Railroad Locations
jack
jlawrence at kc.rr.com
Mon Jun 4 20:54:39 CDT 2007
Thanks Lisa. Know any Black Duck stories, besides rolling cannonballs.
Regards,
Jack
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From: "Lisa" <lisam3860 at earthlink.net>
To: "GDG" <gettysburg at arthes.com>
Sent: Monday, June 04, 2007 7:13 PM
Subject: Re: GDG- Underground Railroad Locations
> Esteemed GDG Member Contributes:
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>
> If you are ubterested in Jack Hopkuns, his son or some of the stories
> mentioned in the previous posts, see either Volume 11 of the Adams County
> Historical Society's 2005 journal, or next time you visit Gettysburg look
> up a Licensed Town Guide. These is just one of many like stories the Town
> Guides have researched and share with visitors.
>
> Lisa Malandra
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "jack" <jlawrence at kc.rr.com>
> To: "GDG" <gettysburg at arthes.com>
> Sent: Monday, June 04, 2007 7:08 PM
> Subject: Re: GDG- Underground Railroad Locations
>
>
>> Esteemed GDG Member Contributes:
>>
>>
>> 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
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