Graue Mill and Museum in Oak Brook is one of the remaining underground railroad "stations”. Frederick Graue, a miller by occupation, housed slaves in the basement of his gristmill. Graue Mill's location on Salt Creek, a tributary of the Des Plaines River,which made it an ideal location for harboring slaves. Today, the exhibit "Graue Mill and the Road to Freedom" uses photographs, documents, a computer interactive system and additional displays to illustrate the issue of slavery, the Underground Railroad and the importance of Graue Mill and DuPage County in assisting fugitive slaves to escape to freedom.

We hope you will join us for this afternoon of history and nature. RSVP to maureen.deahl@pilgrimoakpark.org by 9/30. We will leave from Pilgrim together following worship. Bring a sack lunch to picnic together at the Mill!