Underground Railroad; Special Resource Study: Management Concepts/Environmental Assessment, NPS D-1
Denver, CO: United States Department of the Interior, National Park Service, Denver Service Center, 1995. Presumed First Edition, First printing. Wraps. Format is approximately 8.5 inches by 11 inches. x, 194 pages. Illustrations. Fold-outs. Appendixes. Bibliography. Glossary. Study Team and Consultants. This Special Resource Study involved consultation with 34 states, two territories, hundreds of interested individuals and organizations around the country, as well as connections with Canada and the Caribbean. The study considered 380 suggestions about potential sites of significance to the Underground Railroad story. Additional research has identified 42 sites as having the highest potential to meet established national historic landmark criteria for significance. Descriptions of 13 sites that appear to have the highest potential for preservation and interpretation are provided in the study. Five alternative concepts have been developed for commemorating, preserving, and interpreting resources associated with the Underground Railroad. The Underground Railroad Advisory Committee recommended that all concepts be pursued. More