Benjamin Walker Homestead - Alum Bank PA
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Don.Morfe
N 40° 11.632 W 078° 36.599
17T E 703442 N 4452014
Hundreds of fugitive slaves were led from the PA border through Bedford County via the Benjamin Walker Homestead, across the mountain and north to freedom. Participation in the UGRR was dangerous, due to the proximity to the MD border.
Waymark Code: WM16Y6Q
Location: Pennsylvania, United States
Date Posted: 10/28/2022
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LOCATION: 407 Rainbow Drive, Alum Bank PA 15521 - Rainbow Drive is a private drive and the house is on private property.
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Benjamin Walker Homestead
Before and during the Civil War, Benjamin Walker, Abner Walker, Sr. and George Harbaugh worked closely with African American Underground Railroad conductors John Fiddler, Elisa Rouse and Joseph Crawley. Hundreds of fugitive slaves were led from the PA border through Bedford County via the Walker Homestead, across the mountain and north to freedom. Participation in the UGRR was dangerous, due to the proximity to the MD border.
Erected 2006 by Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission.
Civil Right Type: Race (includes U.S. Civil Rights movement)
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