Experts have identified several locations in the Chicagoland area that were part of the Underground Railroad, but for one special business in the city, a National Park Service designation is a unique honor.
Ronald Gaines is the owner of Chicago’s Finest Marina, the oldest Black-owned marina in the area. It sits along the banks of the Little Calumet River, and it holds many unique places in the city's history.
He bought the property in 2005. What he did not know at that time was that back in the mid 1850's, Jan and Aagie Ton, Dutch immigrant farmers, settled on the property, and what they did with it was historic.
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