These trees were essential to the enslaved people’s labor, yet they also provided refuge and a path to escape,” Jones said.

The Longmont Museum is on the hunt for an illustrated map of the city from 1985 that depicts numerous businesses on and around Main Street.

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And any man who may be asked in this century what he did to make his life worthwhile, I think can respond with a good deal of pride and satisfaction: 'I served in the United States Navy.'" ...