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The Milton House, built in Milton in 1844 by Joseph Goodrich, is said to have been the first grout (or concrete) building in the United States and served as a hotel and country store. During the Civil War it was a station on the Underground Railroad, sheltering runaway slaves from the South. It is on the National Register of Historic Sites.
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Keywords

  1. Fugitive Slaves
  2. Historic Buildings
  3. Milton (Rock County, Wis.)
  4. Museums
  5. Rock County (Wis.)
  6. Slaver
  7. Underground Railroad System

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