Fuldner Mortuary

Historical marker location:

24 W. 9th Street, Cincinnati, Ohio

( Marker is at the intersection of 9th Street (U.S. 22) and Doerr Alley, on the right when traveling west on 9th Street.)

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.