This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Mayhew, Kagi, Brown, Blanchard Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/ok.2ADE/4132.1 Message Board Post: Thank you Walter. I decided I needed to start in NE City as the slaves came accross the river at that point. I located much information about Allen Mayhew and his brother-in-law John Kagi, a trusted member of Brown's abolitionists. Mayhew had the cabin and "cave" at present day NE City where the escaping slaves stayed until safe passage was arranged for crossing the MO River. The Fremont County Cemetery Book also talks about Ira Blanchard who was one of the conductors and who resided in the Civil Bend area. I was able to locate the Blanchard Cemetery with the help of my map program on my computer. I will look your article of Feb 18, 1971 up in the Sidney Argus Herald. Thanks for your help.