Historical Marker
Duck Creek Bridge
Historical marker location:
Caldwell, Ohio
( Marker is on Marietta Road (Ohio Route 821) south of West Street, on the left when traveling north.)
Marker installed: 2011
19302002.
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.