His house was an open home for visitors. We believe it was a stop on the Underground Railroad.

It makes you feel good to have someone stop by. A lot of these guys don't get visitors. Some don't get much for Christmas. We just want to thank them for their service.

A house may draw visitors, but it is the possessor alone that can detain them

The ornament of a house is the friends who frequent it.

The railroad was the making of the south side. It was almost a separate community. Whereas farther north in town, there was lumber and then banking, merchants and the university.

If you look at what happened with Underground Railroad, there is so much action. There is so much intrigue; there is so much of historical importance.