12-27-2014, 08:24 PM
A very interesting house to have grown up in Chuck.
A very unique find having a still hidden there although from what I understand of the Prohibition era there would have been plenty of Canadian booze flowing across the borders near there and on further into the lower states. Also it cant have been too well hidden if two boys could work out a discrepancy in the floor plan. Are cops stupid?
Given the age of the house and its use as a stage coach halt, I too was suspecting that it may have to do with the Underground railroad, but after viewing a map wondered why, given how far North you are? The only explanation I can come up with is if escaped slaves were being smuggled north to Canada and instead of crossing the border near Detroit, the plan was to cross just to the south of Port Huron? That is only speculation on my part as my knowledge of the activities of the Underground Railroad are limited.
Mark
A very unique find having a still hidden there although from what I understand of the Prohibition era there would have been plenty of Canadian booze flowing across the borders near there and on further into the lower states. Also it cant have been too well hidden if two boys could work out a discrepancy in the floor plan. Are cops stupid?
Given the age of the house and its use as a stage coach halt, I too was suspecting that it may have to do with the Underground railroad, but after viewing a map wondered why, given how far North you are? The only explanation I can come up with is if escaped slaves were being smuggled north to Canada and instead of crossing the border near Detroit, the plan was to cross just to the south of Port Huron? That is only speculation on my part as my knowledge of the activities of the Underground Railroad are limited.
Mark
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