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24.2 - John Brown's Cave
Another amazing place in Nebraska was once part an important route that helped lead slaves from the south to safety.
Mayhew Cabin
A visit to the Mayhew Cabin located in Nebraska City, Nebraska. Underneath the cabin is a recreated “cave” system much like the ones used in the Underground Railroad. Unfortunately it is closed until April but thankfully someone else has done a video of the inside which you can find here Also, here is a great documentary that explains the history
The historic sign reads:
“Mayhew Cabin, 1855”
“This cabin, one of Nebraska’s oldest structures, was built in the summer of 1855 as the home of Allen B. Mayhew, his wife Barbara Ann (Kagy) Mayhew, and their sons, Edward and Henry. John Henry Kagi, Barbara Mayhew’s brother, lived briefly with the Mayhew’s before joining abolitionist John Brown in Kansas.
In February 1859 Kagi helped Brown lead eleven Missouri slaves to freedom in Iowa via Nebraska City. During the trek Kagi narrowly avoided arrest while at the cabin. He was killed in October 1859 during Brown’s raid on the Harpers Ferry, Virginia, arsenal to seize weapons for a slave uprising.
Beginning in the 1870s, stories and recollections about this turbulent era credited the cabin as an Underground Railroad system. Edward Mayhew recalled Kagi once bringing fourteen black persons (possibly escaping slaves) to the cabin for breakfast.
When the cabin was moved several feet in the 1930s due to highway construction, a “cave” allegedly used to hide freedom-seeking slaves, was recreated nearby. Legends connecting John Brown to the Mayhew cabin made it a popular tourist attraction devoted to the antislavery cause.”
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John Browns Cave
John Browns Cave walk through.
Juneteenth at John Brown's Cave
Mayhew Cabin and John Brown's Cave celebrated Juneteenth on Saturday with music, speakers and living history demonstrations. Juneteenth is the oldest known holiday that commemorates the end of American slavery. Brad Mayhew, whose great grandfather Tom Mayhew was born in the cabin, performed a variety of songs. Shirley Gilfert of Syracuse read excerpts from her book Story of the Underground Railroad: The Other Side of Jordan. Barbara Mayhew (Peru State College Professor Sara Crook), who lived in the cabin in the 1850's, also paid a visit for the festivities. John Harris of Lincoln spoke about the meaning of Juneteenth to the African American community today. Dan and Noah Hamilton of Nebraska City demonstrated blacksmithing and hidescraping.
Nebraska City Juneteenth Commemoration_Darren the Animal Hide Scraper
Nebraska City held its annual Juneteenth commemoration on the grounds of the Mayhew Cabin at John Brown's Cave. Juneteenth celebrates the end of slavery in Texas in June 1865 some two and a half years after the Emancipation Proclamation was signed by President Lincoln (January 1, 1863).
Of the many exhibits from the mid-1800's, one was of a hide scraper named Darren. John Leonard Harris interviews Darren about the process and the significance of what it meant to the time.
Darren is available for exhibitions for schools, fairs and organizations. He can be reached by calling: 501-351-6498. Check out the Mayhew Cabin at mayhewcabin.org.
Bristolville, Ohio tour 44402 (676,532 out of 1,000,000 views)
Bristolville is an unincorporated community in central Bristol Township, Trumbull County, Ohio, United States. Although it is unincorporated, it has a post office, with the ZIP code of 44402.[1] It lies at the intersection of State Routes 45 and 88. The community is part of the Youngstown–Warren–Boardman, OH-PA Metropolitan Statistical Area.
Bristolville was founded in 1807, and named after Bristol, Connecticut, the native home of a first settler.
Northern Ohio had settlers mostly from the Northeast, many of whom supported abolition of slavery before the Civil War. One of the notable natives of Bristolville is John Henrie Kagi, who fought with John Brown in Bleeding Kansas before its admission to the Union. He was second in command during Brown's Harper's Ferry raid on the federal arsenal, where he was killed by state militia at the age of 24
Kagi's sister Barbara Kagy Mayhew and her husband Allen Mayhew, also Bristolville natives, migrated to Nebraska City, Nebraska in the early 1850s. With Kagi's help, they created a cave under their cabin to shelter fugitive slaves on their way to freedom in Canada. Their 1855 cabin has been restored as the Mayhew Cabin museum, and is the only site in Nebraska recognized by the National Park Service as a station on the Underground Railroad.
De Soto National Wildlife Refuge Riverboat Bertrand
The Riverboat Bertrand sank on the Missouri River back in 1865. The wreck was discovered and salvaged in the 1960s--with most of the cargo in pristine condition. Visit with Curator, Dean Knudsen and view cool photos of the cargo. Audio excerpted from the NPR.ORG podcast Journeys of Discovery with Tom Wilmer