Other Ripley Homes That Served as Stations
John Parker writes of the Collins House:
"Facing the river on the corner of [Front] Street and Mulberry stands the old Collins house, a two storied brick house around which are gathered many of the dramatic episodes of this period. At the top of the river bank, its two doors facing two different streets, made it easy access to the fleeing fugitives. The doors unlocked, lighted candle on the table, many times I have slipped into this room, surrounded by a motley group of scared fugitives. Arousing the man of the house, he would quickly feed the crowd, then take them out the back way through the alley, over the hills to Red Oak or Russellville. If this old house could only bring back its shadows, they would be many and mingled."
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