Rollings-Saul to speak at Elkhart Dinner Lecture series October 7th

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[September 19, 2016]  ELKHART - Nancy Rollings Saul, award-winning writer and photographer to present the Elkhart Historical Society’s Friday October 7th Dinner Lecture on “The Underground Railroad.”

Saul has had a particular interest in the Underground Railroad since 2003, when she curated an Underground Railroad exhibit for The Courier in the Layman Gallery at Lincoln College in conjunction with Lincoln’s 150th anniversary celebration. She has also given many programs about the Underground Railroad and about the alleged use of quilts as signals on the Underground Railroad.

The program will take place at Horsefeathers Wild Hare Café in Elkhart, where Saul will explain the workings of the Underground Railroad, profile it’s most common users and discuss which Logan County people may have been involved in its operation. She will also throw in a few stories she has heard about the Underground Railroad in Logan County.

Reservations and information are available at 217 947 2238, and Reservation forms are available at Horsefeathers or the Country Bumpkin and also on the website: www.elkharthistoricalsociety.org

[ J.ROB Wilson]

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