Julie Nicolai is a local St. Louis historian and has been studying the Underground Railroad in Missouri, Illinois and Kansas for twenty-five years. She has a BA and MA in art history and archaeology from Washington University in St. Louis and has written articles for the Missouri Historical Society, New York Silver Society and the Morse-Libby Mansion. She is currently working on a book on the silver in the Missouri Historical Society's collections. She lives in St. Louis and loves to travel anywhere to experience the Underground Railroad.
