Milton House Museum in Milton, Wisconsin

Going underground is one way to understand the hardships endured by enslaved people seeking freedom with the help of the loose network known as the Underground Railroad. The Milton House Museum offers a tour of a rare, preserved underground tunnel that was used by these freedom seekers on their way to Canada. Milton House was founded by Joseph Goodrich, a leading abolitionist in Wisconsin, the founder of the now-closed Milton College and a member of the Seventh Day Baptist Church. The tour shares Goodrich’s vision for his frontier community as…

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