Historical Marker
Overland Trail
Historical marker location:
1502 Central Ave, Toledo, Ohio
( Marker can be reached from Hillcrest Avenue, 0.2 miles east of Jackman Road, on the right when traveling east.)
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.