Nebraska City, Nebraska -
John Brown's Cave and Secret Tunnels

Subterranean stash-holes where abolitionist John Brown hid slaves on their way to Canada.

Address:: 2012 4th Corso, Nebraska City, NE
Directions:: Mayhew Cabin and Historical Village. Southwest edge of the city, on the north side of 4th Corso just west of S. 19th St.
Hours:: May-Oct. M-Sa 11am - 5:30pm, Su noon - 5pm. (Call to verify)
Phone:: 402-873-3115

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John Brown's Cave and Secret Tunnels

Visitors can explore a turn-of-the-century village as well as the underground tunnel and caves beneath the cabin where John Brown had slaves hide en-route to Canada. The Mayhew Cabin and Historical Village (previously dubbed John Brown's Cave) is the only "National Park Service Underground Railroad Network to Freedom" site in Nebraska. [Micah Laaker, 02/03/2007]

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February 10, 2012