1. The Underground Railroad in Boone County ONE LIBRARY’S JOURNEY INTO THE PAST

2. "I looked at my hands to see if I was the same person now I was free. There was such a glory through the trees and over the fields, and I felt like I was in heaven.“ - Harriet Tubman Charles T. Webb [Public domain], via Google Art Project

3. What We Started With  1856 Margaret Garner Escape from Richwood  1853 Cincinnati 28 Escape from Petersburg/ Bullittsburg area  Suspicions based on known UGRR routes in Ohio and Indiana  Hidey-holes found in various homes of the appropriate time period Thomas Satterwhite Noble [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons

4. Community Partners

5. The Process DO THE WORK ONCE AND PRESENT THE INFORMATION IN AS MANY FORMATS AS POSSIBLE Court Records Newspapers Slave Narratives Journals/ Memoirs Step 1 Research Escape Database Map Crossing Points Info Added to Wiki Communicate Step 2 Document Tour with Brochures Website Outreach Step 3 Produce

6. Webpage (Wiki) www.bcpl.org/cbc/doku.php/the_underground_railroad_in_boone_county

7. Timeline of Events www.WheninTime.com

8. Bus Tours  5 stops based on crossings/ known escape routes  Richwood, Big Bone SP, Rabbit Hash, Petersburg &North Bend  Chartered motor coaches and 15 passenger vans  Lots of food & drink, restroom breaks  Kept the conversation going between stops

9. Digital Teacher Kit

10. Digital Teacher Kit- Activities

11. Digital Teacher Kit- Discussion Questions

12. School Presentations  Request from Ockerman Middle School  Entire 8 th Grade (4 presentations in one day)  Official outreach offering to all Boone Co. Schools

13. Upcoming Presentations  2015 Network to Freedom Conference- collaborative Escape of the Cincinnati 28 pre-conference Tour  2015 UGRR in Boone County bus tours- both public and private groups (NKY Heritage League; St. Timothy’s Senior Group)  Boone Co. Schools- field trips along UGRR Tour Route (modified) (2015/16 school year)  Boone Co. Schools- Half day “Camp Joy” type experience (Spring 2016)

14. Where next?  BCPL would like to add UGRR tour to NPS Network to Freedom *Clermont County, Ohio; College Hill Historical Society; Louisville; Maysville & Augusta have successfully added both historic sites and programming to the NPS Registry  BCPL would like to expand our Kentucky partnerships  Do you have any UGRR stories from your area?  KHS is excited about participating in a Northern Kentucky (why not state wide?!) UGRR project

15. Bridget Striker Local History Coordinator Boone County Public Library bstriker@bcpl.org 859-342-2665 x8131