Explore the history of the Underground Railroad in Portsmouth and the surrounding Tristate Region of Ohio, Kentucky, and West Virginia with the Scioto Historical Project's website and mobile app. Scioto Historical
Learn more about the story of 19-year old Harriet, who escaped her enslavement in Greenup County, Kentucky, thanks to the operations of the Underground Railroad in Portsmouth, Ohio.
And, find out about the escape of Joshua on board the Steamer Bostona, which carried this Freedom Seeker from Vanceburg, Kentucky, to Portsmouth, Ohio, where he soon disappeared on the city's network to freedom.
