$3.2 Million Upgrade for Rev. Levi Coffin's Underground Railroad Site Preserves Indiana's Freedom History

THE INDIANAPOLIS STAR
By Will Higgins

This well in Rev. Levi Coffin's home enabled the family to get as much food and water as
it needed for fugitives without arousing the suspicions of bounty hunters seeking runaway slaves

INDIANA---A Fountain City home that served as a station of the Underground Railroad is about to become part of a $3.2 improvement effort that would be the costliest such project to date. The Levi Coffin house is thought to have helped 2,000 slaves with its hidden doors and secret nooks. Most of the money will go toward creating a 5,200-square-foot visitors center adjacent to the 1839 home. Levi Coffin and his wife, Catherine, were leaders in the Underground Railroad movement, which before the Civil War helped runaway slaves as they fled from bondage in the southern U.S. to freedom in Canada. [link]