At a presentation on Thursday, historian Karen Sieber will share her findings on Minnesota's connection to freeing enslaved Black Americans via the Underground Railroad in the mid-1800s.

In the 1800s, the area was one of Ohio’s busiest stops on the Underground Railroad. Some of those safe houses still stand today, and people can take a tour. “We are very close to Cincinnati.

And a lot of that is because it was built in the 1800s with the railroad,” said Downtown Revitalization Director Kate Kizito.