Benjamin Walker Homestead

Benjamin Walker Homestead is a Pennsylvania historical marker in Bedford County, dedicated 2006.

Rainbow Dr., at Beutman Rd., Alum Bank, 1.5 mi. NW of Pleasantville

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Before and during the Civil War, Benjamin Walker, Abner Walker, Sr. and George Harbaugh worked closely with African American Underground Railroad conductors John Fiddler, Elisa Rouse and Joseph Crawley. Hundreds of fugitive slaves were led from the PA border through Bedford County via the Walker Homestead, across the mountain and north to freedom. Participation in the UGRR was dangerous, due to the proximity to the MD border.

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1823 · Pennsylvania. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1825 · Map Of Pennsylvania And New Jersey. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1827 · Pennsylvania. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1848 · Pennsylvania. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1908 · Bedford, Pennsylvania (USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection)

Pennsylvania, 1848, covering the location of Benjamin Walker Homestead, with a pin at the marker's coordinates — Pennsylvania, 1848, covering this location. David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries. The pin is ours, placed from the marker's coordinates.

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Benjamin Walker Homestead

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