Historical Marker
Veteran Park
Historical marker location:
224 Rice St, Elmore, Ohio
( Memorial is at the intersection of Rice Street (Ohio Route 51) and Fremont Street, on the right when traveling east on Rice Street.)
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.