The Bonine Mansion has a long history of connections with the underground railroad, including ties to the Carriage house, which was the central terminal to shelter fugitive slaves. The Bonine's along with this beautiful home, as owned an area across Cass County known as "Paradise Lake", which developed into a popular african american community. Ramptown, which consisted of many cabins on their land to house hundreds of fugitive slaves, and the Zachariah Shugart House which was the location of the 1847 Kentucky Raid where slave hunters raided this home in search of their fugitive slaves. Unfortunately, the Zachariah Shugart House no longer remains, but a marker has been placed to mark where the house once stood. For more information and pictures please visit: Ghostly Events
