Historical Marker
Old Iron Mines
Historical marker location:
High Bridge, New Jersey
( Marker is at the intersection of Fairview Avenue (New Jersey Route 513) and Mine road, on the right when traveling north on Fairview Avenue.)
Marker installed: 1975
New Jersey played a significant role in the Underground Railroad, a network of secret routes and safe houses used by African American slaves to escape to freedom in the North. Many abolitionists in New Jersey helped fugitive slaves, including Harriet Tubman, who is known to have traveled through the state.