Levi and Catherine Coffin were fixtures on the Underground Railroad, but before they moved to Cincinnati, they provided safe harbor at their home in Indiana, just north of Richmond. It's now a ...

For his efforts, Levi Coffin became known as “president” of the Underground Railroad. The Coffin House in Fountain City, two stories and a basement of big rooms and narrow, shallow stairs, stands as a ...

Levi Coffin's Underground Railroad station 1826: Resource Bank Contents: Click here for the text of this historical document. Levi Coffin had just moved to Newport, Indiana, an ideal location in ...

Before the Civil War, Indiana residents Levi and Catharine Coffin spent two decades working with the Underground Railroad, helping an estimated 2,000 people reach freedom. Historians now refer to ...

The Underground Railroad had many notable participants, including John Fairfield in Ohio, the son of a slaveholding family, who made many daring rescues, Levi Coffin, a Quaker who assisted more ...

A road that runs through campus, Levi Coffin Drive, is named for the man often called the "president of the Underground Railroad," part of the network of Quakers who secretly helped people escape ...

FOUNTAIN CITY, Ind. (Feb. 15, 2016) — A historic site that has been called the “Grand Central Station” of the Underground Railroad is undergoing a major expansion. The Levi Coffin House in ...

FOUNTAIN CITY, Ind. — The Levi and Catharine Coffin State Historic Site will host several events during International Underground Railroad Month. In 2019, Maryland chose September for ...

Long after it stopped being a key station on the Underground Railroad, the Levi Coffin House has continued to be an important stop for busloads of students learning about American history, the ...

Levi and Catharine Coffin helped more than 1,000 enslaved individuals move toward freedom on the Underground Railroad by providing a refuge at their home in Fountain City, Indiana, and later ...

Sharon Zonker, a retired teacher, gave a presentation on the Underground Railroad and what all it entailed. Zonker taught on Catherine and Levi Coffin, who served as the President of the ...

INDIANAPOLIS — A new Forever stamp is featuring a Hoosier who helped more than 1,000 people escape slavery through the Underground Railroad. The Levi and Catharine Coffin State Historic Site, in ...