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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. ....

Molly Churchill , Luanne Mayne , Cristi Musser , Brandi Smith , Janet Hester , Emilie Trujillo , Lorie Everman , Sheryl Larson , Marisa Sheehan , Sarah Braucht , Joanne Cermak , Bettie Tymkovich , Kathy Heicher , Eagle County Historical Society , High Altitude Quilt Guild , High Altitude Quilting Guild , Historical Society , Gun Club In Gypsum , Railroad Quilt , Underground Railroad , High Altitude Quilt , President Sheryl Larson , Eagle County History Museum , Chambers Park , Eagle Valley Rod , Gun Club ,