'Wayland A to Z': 'U' is for 'Underground Railroad'. Now and then tales circulate in Wayland about slaves having been hidden in one or another of the town’s older homes. Mysterious and seemingly perfect hiding places appear under stairwells or in basement niches, which help to make the stories believable. As yet, however, no house in Wayland can be documented as part of the Underground Railroad. We can only keep hoping that at some point a written document will emerge from a still undiscovered treasure trove of papers to shed new light on the subject. What we do know conclusively is that some Wayland people were supporters and contributors to the Underground Railroad and the abolitionist cause.