Underground Railroad Society of Cass County

The Underground Railroad Society of Cass County is a result of a group of area residents, historians and community activists meeting over several months in 2008-2009 to discuss the African American experience in Cass County. The focus of the group evolved to looking at UGRR activity in this area; then to the acquisition of the Bonine House at M-60 and Penn Road, and the Carriage House across the street (after determining that indeed the house was built during this period and that James E. Bonine played a part in the UGRR). The group was unable to acquire the properties, but expanded its focus to the many UGRR sites and stories in Cass County, particularly the story of the Kentucky Raid of 1847, immortalized in the "Sanctuary and Deliverance" mural in downtown Cassopolis, unveiled in October 2010.