M. & J. Wright General Merchandise

Historical marker location:

245 S. Main Street, Springboro, Ohio

( Marker is on Main Street (Ohio Route 741), on the right when traveling south.)

Circa 1854.

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.