Historical Marker
With Honor and Remembrance
Historical marker location:
134 W South St, St. Marys, Ohio
( Memorial is on East South Street east of South Chestnut Street, on the right when traveling west.)
The Ohio River, which forms the state's southern border, 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 before the Civil War.