Rutherford House

Dr. Hiram Rutherford (1815-1900), a doctor in the prairie town of Oakland, was a recognized abolitionist in Illinois. He is notable for his association with the Matson Trial of 1847, the only known case in which Abraham Lincoln, then ...

Beecher Hall

Illinois College, founded in 1829, was one of the first institutions of higher learning chartered in Illinois. Before the Civil War, Illinois College was a center for the antislavery movement in the state. Beecher Hall, the original building of ...

Dr. Richard Eells House

Dr. Richard Eells built this home, now located within the Downtown Quincy Historic District, in 1835. Eells built only the front portion of the house as it stands today, four blocks from the Mississippi River. He lived here until ...

Jordan House

James Cunningham Jordan, one of Iowa’s most influential early settlers built this house, probably in phases, between 1850 and 1870. Jordan was born in Greenbrier County, West Virginia, in 1813 to John and Agnes Cunningham Jordan. He began raising ...

Henderson Lewelling House

The Henderson Lewelling House is located in Salem, Iowa, the first Quaker community in Iowa, founded in 1835. Henderson Lewelling, a Quaker from Indiana, moved to Salem in 1837 with his brother and opened a general merchandise store and ...

George B. Hitchcock House

The home of Reverend George B. Hitchcock in Lewis, Iowa was a welcome respite for runaway slaves and abolitionists who traveled through the state. A minister of the Congregational Church, Hitchcock was an ardent abolitionist and an agent for ...

Tabor Antislavery Historic District

The town of Tabor in southwestern Iowa played a significant role in the 1850s as a center for the western antislavery movement. Tabor found itself in a strategic position to impact the future of slavery in the West. The ...

John Brown Cabin

John Brown (1800--1859) came to Osawatomie from his farm in upstate New York in October 1855 after three of his sons, who had arrived earlier in the year, appealed to him for help against proslavery forces in the area. ...

Sulphur Springs

In early June 1805, the Corps of Discovery was met by an unexpected fork in the Missouri River. Captains Lewis and Clark spent several days exploring each branch to ascertain which one was the Missouri River and devising a plan ...

Lewis and Clark Pass

On June 30^th, 1806, Lewis and Clark stopped at Traveler’s Rest while on their eastward journey home. The leaders had agreed to split the expedition at this point in order to maximize the range of their return explorations.

Captain Lewis traveled ...