Efforts to save the historic Mifflin House, a stop on the Underground Railroad, have grown into a bigger vision to attract visitors to the region.
It could become part of a regional visitor center that shares the local history and how it ties into the American story, said Mark Platts, president of the Susquehanna National Heritage Area.
Under a concept proposed by the organization, the 18th-century farmhouse in eastern York County, just off Route 30, would be restored for the public to learn about its key role on the Underground Railroad. The Mifflin family helped hide enslaved African Americans, who had escaped, and ferry them across the river on their way to Philadelphia.
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