Historic Underground Railroad

At this crossroads stood the home of the Edward Hesdra Family. This home is believed to have been a link in the underground slave railway, c1855.

Marker is at the intersection of Main Street (New York Route 59) and South ...

Mount Pleasant Historic Underground Railroad District

Historic Underground Railroad Site

By 1816, Mount Pleasant had earned a reputation among fugitive slaves as a town where they would be welcomed in their quest for freedom. The Quakers who lived in the village helped Mount Pleasant become a center ...

Historic Underground Railroad

In the mid 1800’s, waterways

such as the Nyack Brook, which

flows here, served as important

land-marks for African American

slaves escaping North along

the ‘Underground Railroad’

Joseph Mitolf Family

‘Lest we forget’

Marker is on Main Street west of N Mill Street, on the right when ...