Rosalie Yoakam ~ William S. Bedford of Springboro & the Great Rescue

Today on "Waynesville Voices" our guest is Rosalie Yoakam, a free lance reporter, writer and columnist.  She contributes two columns to the "Dayton Daily News".  One is a personal column; the other is a local history column.    She is also an active member of the Springboro Historical Society. 

Rosalie will be telling us about the Bedford family of Springboro and their involvement in the abolition and Underground Railroad movements. She will also tell the story of the Great Springboro Rescue which included many of our local anti-slavery people and UGRR conductors. 

See Rosalie's written column about William S. Bedford on The Mary L. Cook Public Library ~ Ohioana Room site: http://www.mlcook.lib.oh.us/Microsoft%20Word%20-%20William%20S.%20Bedford.pdf.

Please note that we have changed our title from "Waynesville Wanderings" to "Waynesville Voices".  Thank you.

Our intro music is Mozart's Violin Concerto in G, Third Movement Rondeau, K 216, performed by David Oistrakh.  Used with permission, see Internet Archive, http://www.archive.org/index.php.

 
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