Marie Harel Statue

Historical marker location:

602 N Washington St, Van Wert, Ohio

( Marker is on North Washington Street (U.S. 127) just north of East 3rd Street, on the right when traveling north.)

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.