Join Douglas Pirelli, Director of Archeological Survey, University at Buffalo (UB), to discover more about the Cataract House hotel, the busiest Underground Railroad crossing on the Niagara frontier. Its predominantly African American wait staff played a crucial role in the Underground Railroad, orchestrating the escapes of freedom seekers into Canada. 

The Cataract House suffered a fire in 1945, and was demolished in 1946, and the a team of UB archaeologists began excavating the site in 2017.

This talk is held in partnership with the Niagara Peninsula Society of the Archaeological Institute of America (AIA).