You all can say what you want. I believe there was an UGRR and I believe in the quilts as being markers. No one is going to change my mind. Just because it cannot be totally 100% proven does not mean that it didn't happen or the UGRR wasn't there! Oh, ye of little faith. Do not take away the courage and tenacity of the black people who endured proven mistreatment and suffering. or the love and compassion of the white people who helped them get to a free part of the United States. We've never seen God have we? But we know He is there! Who can prove that it is a myth anymore than people can prove that it is true. It is up to the individual to believe what he/she wants to. For the teacher who taught about the UGRR, good! I learned about it too. I am planning on making an UGRR quilt, because I believe in it and I believe it is part of our American History too. Back in the 1860's they didn't have Smart Phones or Ipads or Ipods or Cell Phones, they had word of mouth and from that comes our history! Like Paul Revere, Nathan Hale, Johnny Appleseed (who can believe some guy walking all over the United States spreading appleseeds and that is how we got all our apples.) So, I believe in the "One if by land and two if by sea", and I believe in "I regret I have only one life to give for my country" and I believe in Johnny Appleseed. Why would I not believe in the UGRR and the quilts? Please, myth or not, don't spoil our love of stories of our country. I don't care if you think it's a myth or not. I care about that little boy who received an UGRR quilt and knows the history of it, or the teacher who taught about the UGRR for 28 years. Edie