This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/Jh.2ADE/1110.3 Message Board Post: I am the great grandson of Gerhard Eykamp, who immigrated from Germany. He was born in 1860, so if he was involved in the underground R.R. it was before his 6th birthday. He was the first one to spell his name Eykamp. He had a cousin, Alderk, who arrived here before Gerhard, but he spelled his name Eikamp. As for thr underground R.R. There were two stone barns, one on each side of Byron. The story is that there was a tunnel that connected them and the river bank. One of those barns is still standing. I also remember hearing of a hidden closet in a house in Mt. Morris. Hope this helps, Arnold