Educational hike and picnic to highlight Sauk Trail's role in the Underground Railroad
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The Midwest Underground Railroad Network and Crete Historical Society are organizing an educational hike and community picnic at Schubert's Woods near Park Forest on July 11. The event aims to highlight the historical significance of Sauk Trail — originally a Native American trail running through Illinois, Indiana, and Michigan — as one of the routes used by enslaved people seeking freedom in Canada via the Underground Railroad.
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· 2 pulledThe Underground Railroad as it was at the time, one of the routes came right through the area.
It was a trail that had been travelled over centuries and centuries by indigenous peoples
The Midwest Underground Railroad Network and Crete Historical Society plan a July 11 picnic at Schubert’s Woods along Sauk Trail.
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