 Several academic historians believe that, while the possibility of a family or two stopping in Montrose along the Northern Trail is plausible, the increase in African-American population in the county after the Civil War was more likely the result of people being attracted to jobs in the then-bourgeoning coal industry just south of the county.The Susquehanna County Historical Society and the Center for Anti-Slavery Studies (housed in one of the suspected former Railroad homes) remain dedicated to identifying and analyzing primary documents of the time.Historians have found little documentation to support the Underground Railroad claims.