There is a beautiful duality to the first Chicago site recognized as part of the Underground Railroad. In front, a historical plaque unveiled in 2019 solemnly marks the former Jan and Aagje Ton Farm, 557 E. 134th Place, as part of the National Park Service Network to Freedom program. Chicago’s Finest Marina exists in the back, the sole Black-owned marina in the city. Ronald Gaines Sr. bought .
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Did you know that Caroline Quarlls, the first known enslaved person to travel through Wisconsin on the Underground Railroad, spent time on the Pontiac Trail in Ann Arbor?
The 1853 Crete Congregational Church building in Crete was recently acquired by the Crete Area Historical Society, which plans to turn it into a museum.