When Josiah Grinnell’s Home Concealed John Brown’s Guns
It was at the close of a white, silent winter’s day in 1859 when John Brown entered Grinnell with a group of slaves bound for Canada. A price of $3,000 was on the head of the old emancipator, but he walked the streets of the town fearlessly.
The first person he called upon was Josiah B. Grinnell, founder of the town which bears his name and the patron of Grinnell College. Grinnell aided Brown and the story of “John Brown in Iowa” in next Sunday’s Register will tell, among other unusually interesting facts—
How “The Liberty Room” In Grinnell’s Home Got Its Name
Be sure to read this thrilling installment in the magazine section of next Sunday’s Des Moines Sunday Register
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