The ladies of the High Altitude Quilt Guild and their Underground Railroad Quilt. From left (standing) are Brandi Smith, Kathy Heicher, Luanne Mayne, Sheryl Larson, Cristi Musser, Marisa Sheehan, Janet Hester, Bettie Tymkovich, Emilie Trujillo, Lorie Everman, and Molly Churchill. In front (knelling) are Sarah Braucht and Joanne Cermak.
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Historians are divided on the question of whether quilts were used to signal runaway slaves during the Underground Railroad era. But the concept is intriguing. The pattern contained in a quilt hung on a clothesline or displayed in a cabin window could offer coded directions for frightened fugitives.