

# Event Details

- **Event Name**: Iowa’s Underground Railroad Connections with Barry Jurgensen
- **Event Start and End Date**: Sat, 11 Apr, 2026 at 01:30 pm – Sat, 11 Apr, 2026 at 02:30 pm (-05:00)
- **Event Description**: Join us on the Loess Hills National Scenic Byway for Iowa’s Underground Railroad Connections with Barry Jurgensen.  Iowa history has deep roots with the underground railroad. The public is encouraged to attend this presentation by Barry Jurgensen who will explore Iowa’s Underground Railroad connections highlighting conductors, safe houses, and powerful stories of freedom.  

Barry Jurgensen is the Midwest Regional Manager and Historian for the National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom; a program of the National Park Service that honors, preserves and promotes the history of resistance to enslavement through escape and flight.  From the regional office in Omaha, Barry coordinates with local, state and federal agencies to identify and preserve sites associated with the Underground Railroad across the midwest.

This presentation is open to the public and is sponsored by the Iowa Department of Transportation in honor of the semiquincentennial anniversary of the United States of America (A250) activities in 2026.     

📍 See the details of our "Iowa America 250 Scenic Byway Road Trips" here: https://iowadot.gov/modes-travel/roads-highways/iowas-byways/iowas-america-250-scenic-byway-road-trips

📍 See the many events scheduled statewide by organizations and the State of Iowa America 250 Task Force:
https://governor.iowa.gov/america.../iowa-america-250-events

@IowaHistory
@visitloesshills
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/honey-creek/iowa’s-underground-railroad-connections-with-barry-jurgensen/200029816312855
- **Event Categories**: trips-adventures, nonprofit
- **Interested Audience**: 
  - total_interested_count: 36

## Ticket Details

- **Ticket URL**: http://facebook.com/200029816312855?utm_source=AllEvents.in&utm_medium=event-discovery-platform&utm_campaign=honey+creek-events

## Event venue details

- **city**: Honey Creek
- **state**: IA
- **country**: United States
- **location**: Hitchcock Nature Center
- **lat**: 41.413538560886
- **long**: -95.858641435008
- **full address**: Hitchcock Nature Center, Hooptys Honeycreek Campgrounds, Honey Creek, IA 51542, United States

## Event Organizer details

- **affiliate_id**: 2
- **organizer**: Iowa Department of Transportation (https://allevents.in/org/iowa-department-of-transportation/16507052)

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When is the event happening?
  - **A:** Sat, 11 Apr, 2026 at 01:30 pm (-05:00)
- **Q**: Where is the event happening?
  - **A:** Hitchcock Nature Center, Hooptys Honeycreek Campgrounds, Honey Creek, IA 51542, United States
- **Q**: Who is organizing the event?
  - **A:** Iowa Department of Transportation
- **Q**: What type of event is this?
  - **A:** trips-adventures, nonprofit
- **Q**: Where can I find ticket details about Iowa’s Underground Railroad Connections with Barry Jurgensen ?
  - **A:** You can find ticket details about this event on AllEvents.

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