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Glendale’s history as Underground Railroad site being commemorated with new tour
Until now, there has been nothing in Glendale to officially document or celebrate its past as a hotspot for anti-slavery activism in the 19th century. A local man is now leading an effort to memorialize the village s history as an Underground Railroad station.
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GLENDALE, Ohio — The houses in Glendale have a way of taking you back in time.
Large, picturesque Post-Colonial and Greek Revival style homes like those sitting on East Fountain Avenue and Sharon Road conjure up visions of what life there was probably like in its early days in the mid-1800s. Residents and historians have long looked at these homes with the suspicion that they were stations along the Underground Railroad. ....

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