Fountain City, Indiana
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Fountain City, formerly Newport, is a town in New Garden Township, Wayne County, in the U.S. state of Indiana. The population was 714 at the 2020 census.
Fountaincity, Indiana
Levi Coffin House, Fountain City, Indiana
Levi Coffin
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Levi Coffin Jr. was an American Quaker, Republican, abolitionist, farmer, businessman and humanitarian. An active leader of the Underground Railroad in Indiana and Ohio, some unofficially called Coffi
Fountain City, Indiana
…The Fountain City post office has been in operation since 1878. The Levi Coffin House, home of Quaker abolitionist Levi Coffin and his wife Catherine, was an important stop on the Underground Railroad. Coffin was sometimes known as the "president" of the Underground Railroad…
A drawing based on a c. 1850 engraving
Catherine White Coffin, 1879
Levi Coffin, ca. 1840s - 1850s