"When you look at the history of the Underground Railroad, one big
question arises: How would someone build a "covert" tunnel along a
heavily-traveled river and dispose of that much dirt in a close-knit
rural community?  The short answer is that it ain't gonna happen."


The longer answer may be that all members of the local community were
Quakers or otherwise inclined to cooperate.

During WWII, prisoners seeking to escape from POW camps dug tunnels under
far more adverse circumstances.  So it would not have been impossible.


Duncan C. Kinder
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