[ March 6, 2010; 10:00 am to 12:00 pm. March 7, 2010; 1:00 pm to 3:00 pm. ] The Haines House Underground Railroad site at 186 W. Market Street will be open this weekend. Docents will be avaliable for guided tours on Saturday from 10 a.m. to noon and Sunday from 1 to 3 p.m. Admission is $3 per person.

The Haines House served as an Underground Railroad station beginning around 1853.

Its owners, Johnathan [...]

[ February 6, 2010; 1:00 pm to 1:30 pm. 3:00 pm to 3:30 pm. February 13, 2010; 1:00 pm to 1:30 pm. 3:00 pm to 3:30 pm. February 20, 2010; 1:00 pm to 1:30 pm. 3:00 pm to 3:30 pm. February 27, 2010; 1:00 pm to 1:30 pm. 3:00 pm to 3:30 pm. ] Echoes In Time Theatre Presents

Hear from John P. Parker, who was born into slavery, purchased his freedom, and settled in Ripley, Ohio, a center of the abolitionist movement, where he became a business leader and active conductor on the Underground Railroad. His home over looking the Ohio River offered a hiding place for many [...]

[ March 4, 2010; 7:00 pm to 8:00 pm. ] Presentation, “Freedom’s Friends: Oberlin and the Underground Railroad”

Elizabeth Schultz, the Oberlin Heritage Center’s Museum Education and Tour Coordinator, showcases Oberlin’s important role in the history of abolition and the Underground Railroad in this illustrated presentation. This program is free and open to the public.

Location: Lorain County Metroparks’ Vermilion River Reservation, 51211 North Ridge Road, Vermilion, [...]

[ February 23, 2010; 7:15 pm to 8:15 pm. ] Presentation “Freedom’s Friends: Oberlin, the Underground Railroad, and the Martin Luther King Monument.”

Elizabeth Schultz, the Oberlin Heritage Center’s Museum Education and Tour Coordinator, showcases Oberlin’s important role in the history of abolition and the Underground Railroad in this illustrated presentation. Kendal resident Paul Arnold, an Oberlin Heritage Center Honorary Trustee, and Oberlin College Emeritus Professor [...]

[ January 23, 2010; 7:15 pm to 8:30 pm. ] Liz Schultz, Museum Education and Tour Coordinator of the Oberlin Heritage Center, will present the illustrated program Freedom’s Friends: The Underground Railroad and Abolitionists in Oberlin.   Kendal resident Paul Arnold, an Oberlin Heritage Center Honorary Trustee, and Oberlin College Emeritus Professor of Art, will also comment on Oberlin’s Martin Luther King, Jr. monument which he [...]