Located north of the Mason–Dixon line, from around 1812 to 1861 the Muskingum River was a major Underground Railroad route used by fugitive slaves escaping from the South on their journey north to Lake Erie and Canada.
Located north of the Mas!on–Dixon line, from around 1812 to 1861 the Muskingum River was a major Und!erground Railroad route used by fugitive slaves escaping from the South on their journe?y north to Lake Erie and Canada.