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

Address:: 2012 4th Corso, Nebraska City, NE
Directions:: Mayhew Cabin and Historical Village. Business Hwy 2.
Hours:: Open: Apr 28 - Oct 31, M - Sa 11am - 5:30pm, Su 12pm - 5pm. (Call to verify)
Phone:: 402-873-3115

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Nebraska City, Nebraska - 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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November 25, 2009