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Today, visitors to Southeast Indiana enjoy historic small towns, state parks and forests, lakes, rivers, caves, and scenic drives. The region's natural areas and antebellum architecture are an inviting setting for a variety or travel experiences.

Over a century and a half ago the rivers, forests, small towns, scenic rolling hills, and farmlands were the setting for a growing challenge to slavery in the United States. Hundreds of fugitive slaves crossed the Ohio River and made their way through this land toward freedom. Numerous black and white residents of the Southeast Indiana assisted their movements in what became known as the Underground Railroad.