Historical Marker

Cleveland Gateway

Historical marker location:
Fremont, Ohio
( Marker is at the intersection of Cleveland Avenue and McKinley Parkway on Cleveland Avenue.)

McKinley Memorial Parkway.

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.
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