[Johny Joe Hold]

I am so mad that six miles from our Godly city of Freehold stands a house that hid stolen slaves in the 1800's. It was part of the law breaking immoral system of freeing slaves called the Underground Railroad.

The Underground Railroad was a series of houses where the liberal owners broke the law by allowing unwashed slaves to hide there while they were headed to Canada. The local Jordan house is an embrassing reminder of that the prominent unpatriotic and unlawful scoundrael Jordan family once lived there. It is now a "museum." It should be destroyed.

More noble were the families in Freehold who had started the sin-free Landover Baptist Church. These brave people tracked down the stolen slaves and shipped them back to their rightful owners. The homes of these Godly and law abidding citizens still stand in Freehold. It is these homes and their patriotic owners who should be honored as museums to Jesus and a law abiding United States of America.

Historical black Iowans remembered at Jordan House

Linh Ta, lta@dmreg.com 6:43 p.m. CST February 22, 2015
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Hal Chase discusses black history in Iowa and his book, “Outside In,” on Sunday at the Jordan House Museum in West Des Moines.(Photo: Linh Ta/The Register)Buy Photo

As February recognizes and acknowledges all that the black community has gone through in the United States, the Jordan House Museum in West Des Moines honored the month's significance Sunday.
The house, which served as a stop along the Underground Railroad, was owned by James Jordan, who founded West Des Moines and is the namesake of several local sites including Jordan Creek Mall.
"There's the potential they can connect with this," said Hal Chase, a presenter at the event.