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

1930–2002.

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.