Underground Railroad Station #6

John Tryon, a Lewiston abolitionist, elder of First Presbyterian Church, and conductor on the Underground Railroad, helped countless runaway slaves attain freedom across the Niagara River from a house known as Tryon's Folly. The home sheltered enslaved people in its cellar, and a light in the attic served as part of its role in underground travel, which also involved cryptic correspondence between station captains.

Lewiston, New York · United States