Join us for a fascinating tale of the hundreds – perhaps thousands – of escaped slaves/”Freedom Seekers” that came through this region prior to the Civil War. They often found refuge and replenishment from local abolitionists, one being the Jan Ton family who owned a farm near Beaubien Woods on the Little Calumet River.

The focus of the Hike is educating the tour attendees about the Underground Railroad history in the Calumet region.

Professor Larry McClellan, the foremost authority on the Underground Railroad in Northern Illinois, and Tom Shepherd of the Midwest Underground Railroad Network will be narrators for this hike/tour.

The free narrated tour & hike will depart from the Beaubien Woods Boat Launch and will last roughly two hours.