GDG- Underground Railroad Locations
Lisa
lisam3860 at earthlink.net
Tue Jun 5 18:37:54 CDT 2007
I'll keep this thread in mind when I come across more stories of the sort.
Lisa
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From: "jack" <jlawrence at kc.rr.com>
To: "GDG" <gettysburg at arthes.com>
Sent: Monday, June 04, 2007 9:54 PM
Subject: Re: GDG- Underground Railroad Locations
> Esteemed GDG Member Contributes:
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> Thanks Lisa. Know any Black Duck stories, besides rolling cannonballs.
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> Regards,
>
> Jack
> ----- Original Message -----
> 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
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>> Esteemed GDG Member Contributes:
>>
>>
>> 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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