

# Event Details

- **Event Name**: Joseph Rodney and George L. Burroughs: Using the Illinois Central as an Underground Railroad
- **Event Start and End Date**: Sat, 14 Feb, 2026 at 11:00 am
- **Event Description**: Join us as Darrel Dexter, local author, historian and educator, tells us how Abolitionists and organizers of the Underground Railroad in Illinois realized the potential of the Illinois Central, especially the line of tracks from Cairo to Chicago, and how it could be used to help freedom seekers headed north.

This is event is presented by the The Daniel H. Brush Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution. The event will be hybrid, taking place at the Carbondale Public Library, or virtually on Zoom. If you’d like to join this program virtually, please register here: https://register.carbondalepubliclibrary.org/Dexter

For more information on this event, please visit the library's website: https://carbondalepubliclibrary.org/event/joseph-rodney-and-george-l-burroughs-using-the-illinois-central-as-an-underground-railroad/
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/carbondale/joseph-rodney-and-george-l-burroughs-using-the-illinois-central-as-an-underground-railroad/200029608593019
- **Event Categories**: art, literary-art
- **Interested Audience**: 
  - total_interested_count: 9

## Ticket Details

- **Ticket URL**: https://register.carbondalepubliclibrary.org/Dexter?utm_source=AllEvents.in&utm_medium=event-discovery-platform&utm_campaign=carbondale-events

## Event venue details

- **city**: Carbondale
- **state**: IL
- **country**: United States
- **location**: 405 W Main St (the parking lot is on W Monroe Street), Carbondale, IL, United States, Illinois 62901
- **lat**: 37.72574
- **long**: -89.22129
- **full address**: 405 W Main St (the parking lot is on W Monroe Street), Carbondale, IL, United States, Illinois 62901

## Event Organizer details

- **affiliate_id**: 2
- **organizer**: The Carbondale Public Library (https://allevents.in/org/the-carbondale-public-library/4230796)

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When is the event happening?
  - **A:** Sat, 14 Feb, 2026 at 11:00 am
- **Q**: Where is the event happening?
  - **A:** 405 W Main St (the parking lot is on W Monroe Street), Carbondale, IL, United States, Illinois 62901
- **Q**: Who is organizing the event?
  - **A:** The Carbondale Public Library
- **Q**: What type of event is this?
  - **A:** art, literary-art
- **Q**: Where can I find ticket details about Joseph Rodney and George L. Burroughs: Using the Illinois Central as an Underground Railroad ?
  - **A:** You can find ticket details about this event on AllEvents.

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