Streator Baseball

Historical marker location:

110 East Hickory Street, Streator, Illinois

( Marker is on East Hickory Street east of North Bloomington Street (Illinois Route 23), on the left when traveling east.)

Marker installed: 2018

The state of Illinois played a crucial role in the Underground Railroad, a network of secret routes and safe houses used by slaves to escape to freedom in the 19th century. Many abolitionists in Illinois provided safe houses for escaping slaves, and Chicago was a key hub on the Underground Railroad.