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Underground Railroad ran through Tazewell County in Illinois pekintimes.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from pekintimes.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Pekin Daily Times
As the sound of hoof beats and the baying of hounds on the rural road heralds the approach of a posse, the farmer urgently ushers the group of fugitives through a trap door. When the fleeing family is safely sequestered, the farmer’s wife covers the trap door with a buffalo-skin rug and places their infant son’s crib atop the rug. The farmer lights a cigar to befuddle the hounds while his wife scolds the arriving posse for waking the baby.
The event described above holds a personal significance for Pamela Senkler, who has been working to preserve her family’s history.