Cycling the Underground Railroad

Tim Traub and I at the Xenia Station on the Little Miami River Scenic Trail.  DAY 9: WAYNESVILLE TO SPRINGFIELD, OH I had a "conductor" on the Underground Railroad.  Tim Traub (Col., USAF, ret) was introduced to me by Scott Frickenstein (also Col. USAF, ret).  Tim rode from his home in Xenia to be my guide ("conductor " in Underground Railroad terms) today.  And a great one he was! Monument in the middle of Wilberforce University.  Founded in 1856 and named after William Wilberforce, who led the fight to abolish slavery in the British Empire, Wilberforce University was the first private University established to afford blacks access to higher education.  The community here was very active in the Underground Railroad.  This school is still a venerable institution.  One of the buildings on campus is the King Center, in honor of Martin Luther King, Jr.  The above quote can be found there.  It is a sentiment I hope and pray is still part of ...