Richard Cordley, first historian of Lawrence Lawrence Students
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Grover
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Underground Railroad "station",2001

This photo shows the north side of the Lawrence fire station at Clinton Parkway and Lawrence Avenue. The wall is one of the remaining walls of Joel Grover's barn. The Grover barn is a documented site on the underground railroad.

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Robert Miller Home
Type: image
Project: WJHS Grant
Temporal coverage: 1850's, 1860's
Spacial coverage: Lawrence
Creator: John W. Jewell
Object date:2001
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