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Abolitionist Era J C Steele House Aims Museum Status
The J C Steele house near Clinton Lake, a former Underground Railroad stop, lies gutted after vandalism. The Clinton Bloomington Historical Committee plans to preserve it as a museum highlighting Bloomington and Douglas County history with support from the Army Corps of Engineers.
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Douglas County
Abolitionists’ Underground Railroad
J. C. Steele
Clinton Lake
U. S. Army Corps of Engineers
Clinton Bloomington
Martha Parker
Kansas
Bloomington Guard
Sharps
Boston
J.C. Steele
Bloomington
Chillicothe
Ohio
Cincinnati and
Marietta
First
Anti-Slavery Society
United States
Congress
Indianola
Iowa
First Presbyterian Church
Clinton and
Lawrence
Canada
Steele
Clinton
Parker
Lakeview Recreation Area
Bloomington Park
Journal-World Photo