Our family tradition holds that the house where my great-grandmother was born (now known as the Mill Street Manor restaurant and formerly the Milcroft) was used on the Underground Railroad. I once asked the owner about it (when it was the Milcroft) and she said they believed the story to be true...that the basement had areas that appeared to be concrete over former tunnels. This would make sense since those tunnels could have led out near the Little Miami River. (An obvious route for the escapees could have been to cross the Ohio and follow the Little Miami to Milford.) This home was originally John Kugler's. He married Rebecca West, he died, she remarried a Townsend. When Rebecca died childless, the Kugler property became the subject of a lawsuit, with the Wests winning in the end. Does anybody know any more about this building and its history? Is there evidence other than oral tradition? Thanks for any tips! Amy

I'm replying to the email about the Millcroft Inn. My relation owned it back in the 1950's, 60's. They had a fire in he Inn, back probably about 1958, and the kids of the owners came and stayed at our house. The owners at that time were Ruth Graf and Jim Kaelin. I just called Ruth Graf, and spoke with her son Michael. Michael Graf said that they had always heard the the Milcroft, which use to be called Kuglers's, did participate in holding slaves for access to the Underground RR. They went to the basement and looked all over, looking for artifacts, and didn't find anything. Like the previous email, there were areas concreted up (Possibly over the tunnels, or rooms). The Grafs and the Kaelins really don't know much information about the history of it. However, I received an email from my sister in law, who lives in Milford, and she writes: " Tom gave me a book that was compiled by the Milford Area Historical Society. It's entitled "Bridge to the Past" - A History of Milford, Ohio. There is quite a bit about the Millcroft Inn, which was originally the Kugler Mansion. This is a quote from the book: 'There have been rumors that the building had an underground tunerl used in the Underground Railway's efforts to move slaves to freedom in Canada. There is no proof that there is such a space or that the building was used in the Underground Railway systerm." Then my sister in law writes: "I'm sure this not the definitive answer, but the book appears to be well researched and was just recently published." I bet the researchers of this book could help more. Nancy in Ft Worth TX