Owen Lovejoy

Owen Lovejoy, minister, abolitionist, U.S. congressman, and humanitarian, lived here from 1838 until his death in 1864. The house was a stop on the Underground Railroad, where Lovejoy harbored fugitive slaves on their way north to Canada and freedom. Elected to Congress in 1856, Lovejoy gained a national reputation through his congressional and party leadership and his fiery antislavery speeches. The house is operated as a museum.

Hennepin Canal Parkway

The Hennepin Canal State Trail, also just called the Hennepin Canal, is an abandoned waterway in northwest Illinois, between the Mississippi River at Rock Island and the Illinois River near Hennepin. The entire canal is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.