The Lett Settlement

Historical marker location:

14000 International Rd, Cumberland, Ohio

( Marker can be reached from International Road (Local Route 216) east of Big Muskie Drive (Ohio Route 284).)

Marker installed: 2007

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.