Traveon's Flat Stanley is having a great time!!!!

Traveon's Flat Stanley is visiting with Mrs. Abby in Newport, NC! Mrs. Abby is Mrs. Rollins' mother-in-law!!  He has also taken some adventures with Mrs. Abby's son and daughter-in-law!!


On March 28th Flat Stanley left Newport, NC and began his adventure to visit Ohio. After riding in the car for about 4 hours, Stanley crossed the state line into Virginia.









Stanley was having a great trip! The trip to Ohio took him from NC to VA and then through West Virgina into PA. The next state to cross into would be Ohio! The trip took a lot longer than Stanley expected ( 13 hours) and he was sleeping by the time they crossed in Ohio.

Hi Traveon and friends! (A note from Mrs. Abby's daughter-in-law, Rayne!!!!)

On our way from North Carolina to Ohio, we passed near the Flight 93 National Memorial, so we went to see it.  Unfortunately, when we got there it was closed for the day, but we were able to get two pictures of Stanley at the entrance.   There was a lot of snow in the mountains of Pennsylvania, and it was really cold!

Stanley has been hanging out up here in Northeastern Ohio.  On Wednesday, April 3 I took him to the town where I work, Warren, which is in Trumbull County. 

Here's Stanley visiting our county courthouse. 

 I always liked this building because it looks like a castle.  It was built between 1895 and 1897. 

Trumbull County was very important in the Underground Railroad.  According to historians, Trumbull County had more routes than any other county in Ohio - 153 miles of them.  There was a road called the "Warren Ashtabula Turnpike" (now known as State Route 45) which went from Warren directly north to Ashtabula, a town on Lake Erie, where people could get on boats to travel across the lake to Canada.  Here's a picture of Stanley checking out a historical marker in a park in downtown Warren.  This marker is right on Rt. 45, the former Warren Ashtabula Turnpike.  

(Note:  I'm putting the text from the sign at the end of this email, in case anyone's interested). 

Stanley's been on a few more adventures this week, and he'll send more pictures soon.

Rayne in Northeast Ohio

THE UNDERGROUND RAILROAD
ON THE
WARREN-ASHTABULA TURNPIKE

In the early days, Route 45 was one of the most active routes on the Underground Railroad.

Known as the Warren-Ashtabula Turnpike, from Wellsville, Ohio, to Ashtabula, Ohio, it ran along this important route. Many runaways found food, shelter and safety from the many sympathetic abolitionists in Trumbull County who stood strongly and boldly against slavery and were not afraid to offer assistance when needed.

Two of the most important factors that distinguished the Warren-Ashtabula Turnpike (Route 45) as a significant part of the history of the Underground Railroad is its direct link to Ashtabula Harbor and its many agents and friends that lived along the way that were not afraid to boldly stand and assist in the fugitive slaves' stand for freedom.