The Underground Railroad in Illinois can be purchased at the book/gift shops of most of the following locations. Click on underlined links to visit their websites.       PLACES WHERE THE HISTORY HAPPENED Graue Mill and Museum Oak Brook Mother Rudd House Gurnee (847) 263 9540 Richard Eells House Quincy (217) 222 1799 Sheldon Peck House Lombard (630) 629 1885 Owen Lovejoy House Princeton Quinn Chapel A.M.E. Church operated an Underground Railroad station when it was located in the Loop where the Monadack Building now stands. Visitors to present location learn of church's role in UGRR. (312) 791 1846         NOTE: Check open dates and hours of these sites prior to planning to visit them.       UNDERGROUND RAILROAD EXHIBITS AND PROGRAMS   West Towns Museum Maywood Phone: (708) 343 3553 Fax: (708) 343 3557 Wheaton History Center Wheaton Alton Museum of History and Art Alton Bronzeville Children's Museum Evergreen Park (708) 636 9504 Naper Settlement Naperville The Black World History Museum St.Louis, MO (314) 241 7057       RELATED EXHIBITS   Chicago Historical Society Chicago DuSable Museum Chicago       NATIONAL PARK SERVICE UNDERGROUND RAILROAD NETWORK TO FREEDOM WEB SITE

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