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Underground Railroad exhibit a permanent fixture at Belpre museum

BELPRE -- The Underground Railroad in Southeastern Ohio has been declared a permanent exhibit at the Farmers Castle Museum in Belpre by the Ohio Department of Development and Tourism.

The exhibit is operated by the Belpre Historical Society as a site on the Ohio Historical Underground Railroad Trail.

To mark the occasion, a new exhibit gateway featuring a photomural developed by a team of local graphic artists at 6 p.m. Dec. 11 at the museum, 509 Ridge St., will be unveiled behind Belpre Furniture.