Underground Railroad Conductor Event

Tazewell County
Underground Railroad
Conductor Recognition Event
 
Honoring the Historical Legacy of Underground Railroad Conductor Uriah Crosby
On What Would Have Been His 210th Birthday
As well as Daniel Roberts and His Sons Darius Roberts, Walter Roberts, and John M Roberts.
 
An Estimated 800 Enslaved Individuals Passed Through Tazewell County via the Underground Railroad On Their Pathway To Freedom. This Event Will Honor The Heroic Efforts of these Morton Residents To Make This Possible.
 
March 9^th, 4:00pm, Hirstein Cemetery
Morton, Illinois
 
Event Sponsored by the Tazewell County Genealogical & Historical Society,
NAACP Peoria Branch, Morton Township Board,
and Tazewell County Clerk John C. Ackerman