Historical Marker
Honoring Carl Etherington
Historical marker location:
46 S 3rd St, Newark, Ohio
( Marker is at the intersection of East Canal Street and South Third Street, on the right when traveling east on East Canal Street.)
December 6, 1892 July 8, 1910.
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.