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Click for the Video - Castles, Underground Railroad, and Pill Hill

Was a Chicago housing project once a stop on the Underground Railroad? Geoffrey Baer discovers a hidden piece of African American history in this week's edition of Ask Geoffrey.

Related Links: 

Encyclopedia of Chicago information on Calumet Heights

Chicago Neighborhood and City Guide on Pill Hill

Chicago Tribune article on Trouble in Pill Hill

The South Side: The Racial Transformation of an American Neighborhood

WBEZ article on Altgeld Gardens: Four years later

Chicago Tribune article on Neighbors share a history

Chicago Public Library collection on Ton Family Papers, 1865-1974

Green Right Now blog on Chicago’s plan to convert an Underground Railroad stop into eco-tourism site gets new ideas

Bryan W. Brickner essay on Today’s Chicago/Calumet Underground Railroad Effort

Jon Ton Farm History Video

The Bettendorf Castle

McHenry County Living article on The Bettendorf Castle

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